Reuge x ECAL
Slightly Windy Golden Leaves
• Manufacturer: Manufacture Reuge
• Year: 2024
• Reference No: Slightly Windy 73618
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• 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
• Caliber: One cylinder, three melodies played in succession, 15 music cycles, approximately 7 minutes of running reserve, over 1,200 pins on the cylinder, 72-note clavier, CH 3.72 movement, crafted and hand-assembled in our workshops in Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
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• Dimensions: 20 ø × 60 cm
• Signed: Movement bedplate signed
• Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000
Slightly Windy Golden Leaves is a one-of-a-kind piece resulting from a partnership between the students of the Master in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship at ECAL and the Manufacture Reuge. It encourages contemplation of the landscapes and the rolling hills of the Jura balcony in Switzerland and 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 gilding with 22-karat gold leaf.
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