ヴァシュロンコンスタンタンさんのインスタグラム動画 - (ヴァシュロンコンスタンタンInstagram)「A composition dedicated to 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 🎨🖌️ All eyes on the Métiers d'Art Tribute to great civilisations – Buste d’Auguste. Shown wearing the oak headdress, Augustus appears older in this marble bust than in other crowned effigies, often linked to the date when he was honoured by the Senate with the civic crown in 27 BC. Whereas Augustus was 36 in this year marking the start of the Roman Empire, the portrait is that of a man in his fifties. The carved gold applique reproducing this Buste d’Auguste offers a striking sight in which the drape of the cape accompanying the breast plate, secured by a fibula, echoes the curling locks held by the oak crown. The centre of the dial is enamelled in blue-green, while its periphery is adorned with stone micro-mosaic. The difficulty for the master lay in the fact that any error in the positioning and gluing of the tiny hard stone fragments would have required re-enamelling the Grand Feu dial used as a base. Meticulous care was required when adjusting the stones so as to follow the contours of the motifs and their colours. No less than seven different types of stones – 660 in all – were used to compose this micro-mosaic: quartzite, cacholong, dumortierite, mochaite, red jasper, grossular, red aventurine. For the outer frieze in white gold, featuring line engraving and patinated by firing in the kiln, another mosaic served as inspiration: the one depicting animals playing musical instruments, also from the fourth century and discovered in Sousse, a port city in eastern Tunisia. The Latin script engraved on the sapphire crystal bearing the bust of Augustus are drawn from a dedication addressed to the Genius (divine protector) of the city of Rusicada (Skikda in Algeria). The text commemorates its installation by a local dignitary who opens his invocation with a tribute to the emperor. The very one that endows this Métiers d'Art Tribute to great civilisations – Buste d'Auguste watch with its unmistakable aura of immortality. #VacheronConstantin #OneOfNotMany #vacheron #thehourlounge #museedulouvre #louvre」5月31日 20時14分