The illusionist makes us believe in the impossible, in a miracle – in the fact that a person can read thoughts, catch a bullet with his teeth, get rid of chains at the bottom of the sea and, of course, fly. The trick with levitation was admired by many generations of children and adults, but we somehow know that the focus is not where we are asked to look.
Jean Eugène Robert-Oudin – the father of modern magic and the inventor could understand this better than anyone else. The two main passions led him in life: the love for watchmaking and the love for tricks. The modest watchmaker Jean Eugene discovered the craving for hoaxes only in the second half of his life, later became the idol of Harry Houdini. Magic so captured the Parisian watchmaker that he opened the world’s first illusion theater, where he struck the public with unprecedented tricks of his own invention: Robert-Ouden forced to grow and bear orange tree and levitated on stage!
In 1875 Robert-Ouden created a watch with a transparent dial of glass, on which the hour hand was magically hovering, and gave a chance to the descendants to solve the riddle of the ingenious invention.
Levitas Moon Phase
To the magic of the “soaring” hands, the indicator of the moon phases was added, located on the guilloche dial at the “3 o’clock” mark. The classical proportions of the 44-millimeter case made of rose gold allow the Levitas Moonphase watches to sit comfortably and gracefully on the wrist. The transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
“Finishing the miniature details demands the utmost skill and our artists use microscopes to anglage the tiny facets and to apply C6tes de Geneve.”
“The sapphire crystal is functional: it channels energy from the movement to the flying hands. Sapphire is extremely inelastic, which makes it very complicated to work with, as the master needs to apply incredible precision. Moreover,sapphire crystals require sterile conditions during installation in order to create ideal transparency.”
KMR 02-0, escapement: anchor
38 x 5,5 mm, Jewels: 29, Power Reserve: 33 hours
stainless steal/ rose gold, sapphire caseback
diametr 44 mm, stainless steal/ rose gold
hours, minutes, moon phases
diametr 37,5 mm, materials: brass
Levitas Moon Phase
To the magic of the “soaring” hands, the indicator of the moon phases was added, located on the guilloche dial at the “3 o’clock” mark. The classical proportions of the 44-millimeter case made of rose gold allow the Levitas Moonphase watches to sit comfortably and gracefully on the wrist. The transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
“Finishing the miniature details demands the utmost skill and our artists use microscopes to anglage the tiny facets and to apply C6tes de Geneve.”
“The sapphire crystal is functional: it channels energy from the movement to the flying hands. Sapphire is extremely inelastic, which makes it very complicated to work with, as the master needs to apply incredible precision. Moreover,sapphire crystals require sterile conditions during installation in order to create ideal transparency.”
KMR 02-0, escapement: anchor
38 x 5,5 mm, Jewels: 29, Power Reserve: 33 hours
stainless steal/ rose gold, sapphire caseback
diametr 44 mm, stainless steal/ rose gold
hours, minutes, moon phases
diametr 37,5 mm, materials: brass
Levitas Moon Phase
To the magic of the “soaring” hands, the indicator of the moon phases was added, located on the guilloche dial at the “3 o’clock” mark. The classical proportions of the 44-millimeter case made of rose gold allow the Levitas Moonphase watches to sit comfortably and gracefully on the wrist. The transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
“Finishing the miniature details demands the utmost skill and our artists use microscopes to anglage the tiny facets and to apply C6tes de Geneve.”
“The sapphire crystal is functional: it channels energy from the movement to the flying hands. Sapphire is extremely inelastic, which makes it very complicated to work with, as the master needs to apply incredible precision. Moreover,sapphire crystals require sterile conditions during installation in order to create ideal transparency.”
KMR 02-0, escapement: anchor
38 x 5,5 mm, Jewels: 29, Power Reserve: 33 hours
stainless steal/ rose gold, sapphire caseback
diametr 44 mm, stainless steal/ rose gold
hours, minutes, moon phases
diametr 37,5 mm, materials: brass
Levitas Blooming Tree
Watches from Levitas Art collection emit magic of the natural materials, which the Master used for the
design of the opaque part of the dial. Thus, honey jade and opal are taken to create a flowering branch
of the meihua plum.
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm,
rose gold, sapphire crystal
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
3 АТМ
Levitas Blooming Tree
Watches from Levitas Art collection emit magic of the natural materials, which the Master used for the
design of the opaque part of the dial. Thus, honey jade and opal are taken to create a flowering branch
of the meihua plum.
KMR 03-1, escapement: anchor
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.19 ct
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
3 АТМ
Levitas Lily
Levitas Lily – another masterpiece from the collection of the Florentine mosaic of the “Konstantin Chaykin” manufactory. The dial of the feminine watch is adorned with images of white lilies – the most delicate and refined flower, symbolizing immaculate beauty, purity and hope. The stone picture is made of kochalong, jade of various shades and malachite.
K859WG0022FL
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.44 ct
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
23 mm transparent window of the dial, Florentine mosaic
Levitas Marine
Like the waves of the sea, the dial of this watch covers the patterns created by skilled masters of the manufactory of lapis lazuli, violana and turquoise. The stones are perfectly matched to each other in the Florentine mosaic style – the most complex of existing mosaic techniques. Bezel and watch ears are decorated with diamonds.
K855WG0022FL
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.44 ct
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
Levitas Mother of Pearl
A transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
K801WG002271
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.44 ct
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
23 mm transparent window of the dial, Florentine mosaic
Levitas Mother of Pearl
A transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
K801WG002271
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.44 ct
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
23 mm transparent window of the dial, Florentine mosaic
Levitas Mother of Pearl
A transparent window in the dial of this female model is framed by golden rays, which act as hour markers. The dial itself is covered with natural mother of pearl, giving the watch special elegance and charm. The sunny appearance of the watch is complemented by curved hands rotating in the emptiness of the watch case.
K801WG002271
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal, diamonds 138 pcs. 2.44 ct
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
23 mm transparent window of the dial, Florentine mosaic
Levitas Red Coral
The skillful use of various shades of coral and contrasting dark jade allowed the craftsmen to create an amazing ornament reminiscent of underwater travel through the southern seas. As in the previous model, the opaque part of the Levitas Red Coral dial is designed in the Florentine mosaic technique.
K856RG0002FL
KMR 03-1
33 x 5,5 mm
33
anchor
42 hours
hours, minutes
diametr 40 mm
white gold 18 k, sapphire crystal
3 AM
sapphire caseback, winding crown with embedded pearl
23 mm transparent window of the dial, Florentine mosaic