Fake watch - Drawings Everywhere!

Instead of thinking about accuracy movements watchmakers take paintbrushes and colors. They are not interested in experimenting with the shape of hands or numbers. The boldest ones try themselves in the genre of still-life, portrait or landscape painting. Nowadays flowers, birds, animals, ships, architectural sights are the most popular variants of watch decor.

Watchmakers do not forget about craftsmen able to turn any usual thing into the most refined thing or even a museum piece. Watch companies set such specialists above rubies. Moreover, with the help of such craftsmen, some companies create even the collections of "unique pieces ". And it is well-grounded - a wealthy customer is rather attracted by an individually created item than by a famous brand name.

The Hublot Company gained its popularity first of all due to its futuristic chronographs. But those who love animals will certainly appreciate its "Art Collection". There's a real zoo on its dials - elephants, horses, lions and even cupids. But it is worth paying a special attention to the models that have a word "urushi" in their name. "Urushi" is a special varnish that is amazingly durable and adds special shine and deepness to paints.

More often namely young companies use artists' services to attract attention to their production. But watch manufactures with long history also recollect the epoque when art and technique went hand in hand.

For example Jaeger leCoultre used the reverse side of its Reverso watch for paintings. Later both sides of this legendary watch became front: two different dials without any engraving or enamel. And then a new incarnation of it - Reverso a eclipses. Those who love surprises, secrets and coups de theatre will certainly like it a lot. At first sight it is a usual rectangular watch with a classic dial - numbers, hands and nothing superfluous. There is only a strange small slider next to a winding crown.

But when you touch it, the dial pulls apart as a curtain in the theatre. And you see a colorful decoration there: miniature pictures on the subject "traveling and discoveries" skillfully made in an enamel technique. There are Chinese signs of the zodiac or naked nature - small copies from the paintings of famous painters.

Van CleefArpels has also something special. It has launched a watch with season's calendar for its 100th anniversary. But do not think that there is an inscription "Winter" or "Spring" on the dial.

Everything is far more aesthetic in a Lady Arpels Centenaire watch. Spring replaces winter but the way as it happens outside. Blooming sakura petals come to replace snowflakes. Later butterflies and verdure appear. Then leaves become yellow and fall and then snow lies on the branches again. All four seasons are on a single disc that rolls slowly and makes a full circuit for 365 days.

Vacheron Constantin watch manufacture also used such a popular in all kinds of art subject as seasons to create watches. On the day of its 250th anniversary the brand offered a set consisting of four Metiers d'art watches to wear a corresponding one every season. There is an Apollo chariot on their dials. But the verdure on the dials is almost invisible that is why not the color of leaves is a symbol of a season but the color of metal. White gold - spring, yellow gold - summer, pink gold - autumn, as for winter it got firm platinum with small diamonds to represent snow.

Corum also has a lot of watches with hand-made art dials in its collections. The company creates such watches not only for anniversaries but just to bring joy to its customers without any occasion and probably because of love for Art as well.

Some images are possible to see only through the hand glass but not because they are too small. The reason is that dials are covered by a sapphire lens. The title of the collection is "Bubble". Under such a glass bubble even an angel's features can seem ominous.

But angels, hearts and flowers have nothing to do with Bubble. Creating this provocative collection the Corum's owner did not think about modest ladies, but about tough guys and fatal women. Thanks to Severin Wunderman's boldness and fantasy, there are skulls and bones, corsairs and cross sabers, cards, bats, devils and hellfire on the dials.

Skulls and daggers in Corum Classical Vanitas are made with taste and in a very complicated technique of Florentine mosaic with semiprecious stones and gems. Another classic Corum line - rectangular "Buckingham" - is also replenished with real art gallery. There are a lot of paradise birds, exotic flowers and generous animals there. Everything is very festive and vital.

The Ulysse Nardin Company famous as the best producer of the marine watches in the world has kept its devotion to sea. It produces not only reliable watches for professional yachtsmen and divers but continues its marine subject. On the dials of San Marco watch collection there regularly appear sailing-ships, sea fights, travels of discoverers and old harbors.

One more constant subject of bright Ulisse Nardin enamels - places of interest around the world. Ulysse Nardin craftsmen faced a difficult task - to depict St. Basil's Cathedral of Moscow.