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Jaquet Droz l'Heure Celeste Watch Hands-On

Jaquet Droz watches are rare enough, but highly limited high-jewelry pieces from the brand are much more rare. I got to get some hands-on treatment with a limited edition of just 8 pieces version of the l'Heure Celeste ("Celestial Hour") watch. The piece is pretty, but strange. In a large for a women's wrist 41mm wide white gold case has a domed sapphire crystal and a glimmering mother-of-pear dial. The watch dial itself is off-centered and pretty easy to read. The rest of the watch is filled with jewel covered "celestial orbs." They come in a few colors, and are covered in 35 yellow sapphires, 154 blue sapphires, 51 pink sapphires, 22 orange sapphires, and 46 tsavorites. Other versions include gold orbs and diamonds. The quirky dial is interesting to me, but I wonder how other people perceive it who don't see super luxury watches all the time.

Inside the watch is an automatic Jaquet Droz caliber 2653 movement with a 22k white gold rotor. Finally, we see some diamonds on the white satin strap buckle - where you'll find 24 diamonds as decoration. A fascinating piece with more than likely an astronomical price.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre The Rose and The Tulip

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Check out these two jeweled masterpieces from Jaeger-LeCoultre. These stunning pieces are known and the rose and the tulip. The rose, on the right, is made of a total of 75 carats of gemstones including 1,480 sapphires, 1,370 tsavorites, 120 rubies and 120 diamonds. The movement used in both watches is the manual-wind JLC caliber 846. The tulip is 85 carats of stones including 1,600 tsavorites, 1,900 sapphires and 30 diamonds.

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Largest Clean Tsavorite Up For Sale

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It may not have the flash of a diamond but Tsavorite, a form of green garnet, has its own charms. The gem, which was originally discovered in the Tsavo region of Kenya, has a bright green hue that makes it a popular choice for those who like emeralds but want stones with a bit more fire. Tsavorite is rarely found in large clean stones which explains the preciousness of the 325.13 carat stone shown here. National Jeweler reports that Michael Coach and Associates has acquired the largest clean Tsavorite in the world and will be showing it at the American Gem Trade Association GemFair beginning at the end of January in Tucson, Ariz. The stone was found in the Karo area of Mereloni, Tanzania and from one rough stone four stones were cut: a 62-carat clean, a 120-carat clean, a 307-carat included and the 325.13-carat clean. The asking price for the gem is $2.2 million. It seems to be that a stone like this deserves a name like the gobstopper diamonds get. Is Jolly Green Giant too undignified?

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