Victoire de Castellane for Dior
‘La D de Dior’ Granville watch(es)
2016
Beyond superb! A piquant pastiche of succulent colours, de Castellane’s recent œuvre of timepieces demonstrates a fearless experimentation with the colour wheel. For this particular watch, fifty tangerine-orange garnets (‘spessartites’) bezel a deep bay of diamond-specked lapis lazuli, creating an eye-watering pairing of perfect complementation (emulating something of Autumn’s setting African sun). The golden hands within the bay glide with each second as do water nymphs with currents - supple, slender and silent, though ever-present. Equally bezelled with gems, the crown is encircled by a halo of nearly ten diamond drops. It, too, complements the lapis face with its delicious smattering of winking whites, candidly drawing together the quarterly points with the singular manual point. And possibly the most dashing of details, the watch’s patented pistachio-glossed strap demands its own pride of praise. It lolls out from either end of the face like an enamelled tongue, keen to set its tastes on the wrist of one who embodies all that Dior requires of the contemporary lady.
