Reuge x ECAL - The New York Watch Auction: XI New York Saturday, December 7, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Reuge x ECAL
    Year: 2024
    Reference No: Slightly Windy 73618
    Model Name: Slightly Windy Golden Leaves
    Material: Heat-treated ash and solid walnut, hand-drawn decoration in gold leaf 22 carat, 12 genuine ears of wheat, gilded with gold, brass movement
    Calibre: Manual, cal. CH 3.72
    Dimensions: 20cm × 60cm
    Signed: Movement bedplate signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by product booklet and fitted presentation box.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Slightly Windy Golden Leaves is a one-of-a-kind piece resulting from a partnership between the students of the Master's in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship at ECAL and Manufacture Reuge. It encourages contemplation of the landscapes and the rolling hills of the Jura balcony in Switzerland, and it features a base with hand-gilded motifs that replicate the topography of the Sainte-Croix region, its place of origin. Major roads, rivers, and reliefs are represented on it.

    The musical movement has been placed to indicate the factory site of Reuge and the field of wheat from which the ears of wheat come.

    In a captivating golden ballet, twelve carefully selected and stabilized ears of wheat sway in harmony with the music, immersing viewers in its enchanting ambiance. Slightly Windy is conceived to evoke and celebrate this graceful dance of nature, even during the depths of winter.

    It is thanks to the musical mechanism associated with an automaton that the ears of wheat come to life, thereby reproducing the organic spectacle of Nature. Various drawing techniques, as well as many hours of work, were necessary for the craftswoman to create the different gildings with 22-karat gold leaf.

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Ref. Slightly Windy 73618
A unique sculptural music box with animated gilded ears of wheat, in ash, walnut, and gold leaf, sold to benefit Swiss Institute

2024
20cm × 60cm
Movement bedplate signed

Estimate
$10,000 - 20,000 
CHF8,800-17,600
€9,400-18,700
HK$77,700-155,000

Sold for $11,430

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The New York Watch Auction: XI

New York Auction 7 - 8 December 2024