You know your time is right when the stars and the entire zodiac align perfectly on your wrist. Making this divine timing your everyday accessory is Blancpain with the Ladybird Colors Zodiaque. It brings mystique, fate, fashion and function together in a magnificent timepiece that boasts a brand new Manufacture automatic movement dedicated to the Western zodiac. This incredibly beautiful creation makes for an instant collectors item crafted from the most exceptional materials in Haute Horlogerie. The dial features a mesmerizing bed of nacre perlée, the rarest form of mother-of-pearl in watchmaking. This luminous base serves as the perfect canvas for 133 high-quality diamonds totaling over 2.2 carats.
The true magic unfolds across this rare nacre perlée dial where the calendar comes to life in a celestial dance. On one side of the luminous face you will find the months elegantly written out in a sweeping arc. Opposite this sit the twelve corresponding Western zodiac symbols on a deep midnight blue disc, complemented by Blancpain’s signature sage leaf-shaped hands. As the year progresses, a retrograde hand slowly glides across the months while the starry disc seamlessly shifts to ensure the current zodiac sign always stays in perfect harmony with the time of year.
Driving this enigma is the patented calibre 2653QZ. Measuring just 5.37 millimeters thick despite its sheer complexity, this extra-thin automatic movement comprises 362 components and offers a generous 68-hour power reserve. The 34.90 mm Ladybird Colors Zodiaque comes in two exquisite 18-carat gold versions keeping the overall case thickness to an elegant 10.80 millimeters. The red gold edition teams up with a new champagne alligator leather strap and matching champagne zodiac signs. The white gold variation looks resplendent with a midnight blue strap and silver-toned zodiac signs.
Both models feature the zodiac signs displayed on a midnight blue disc and are equipped with a quick-change strap system. Priced at $52000 for the pin buckle and $54000 for the folding clasp, this continuous production piece writes a luminous new chapter in the art of feminine haute horologie.
