「Gucci 手錶」踩過界正式踏入高級製錶領域？Gucci Grip、G-Timeless 不只是配飾，也能成為穿搭的主角

「Gucci 手錶」踩過界正式踏入高級製錶領域？Gucci Grip、G-Timeless 不只是配飾，也能成為穿搭的主角

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首個自家機芯—— Gucci 25H 高級製錶系列 由 Gucci 創作總監 Alessandro Michele 設計的 Gucci 25H 手錶，有甚麼特別之處？它是首枚搭載自家機芯的手錶。這個 GG727.25 自動上鏈機芯厚度只有 3.70 mm，並搭載陀飛輪裝置，展現出非凡的製錶工藝。另外，此錶採用鉑金或黃金材質製作，型格的外觀又不失矜貴。Gucci 25H 黃金陀飛輪腕錶 $1,110,000 / Gucci 25H 鉑金陀飛輪腕錶 $1,570,000

此錶除了暗藏了 Alessandro Michele 的幸運數字 25，大家又猜到 GG727.25 機芯這串數字暗藏甚麼密碼？「7」比喻完整、「2」代表平衡與合作、「5」象徵好奇心與自由。

礦石錶盤 Gucci Grip 手錶 早兩年 Alessandro Michele 已推出 Gucci Grip 手錶，方形的錶殻及極富趣味性的閱時方式，令 Grip 手錶甫推出便受為潮物。如台灣國民男友許光漢配戴 Gucci Grip 手錶，選用鋼錶殼配綠色皮革的錶帶設計。他穿上直條紋西裝來配搭，一洗稚氣盡顯成熟男人味。

2021 年推出了 5 款 Gucci Grip 高級腕錶，最大特色是採用珍貴材質打造而成，3 款 18K 金 Grip 腕錶皆採用硬石錶盤，當中兩款則以 18k 黃金鑄造及一枚為 18k 白金款式。Gucci Grip 高級腕錶 $1,390,000 起

第 5 款腕錶是 Grip Sapphire Jump Hour 跳時腕錶，錶殼以藍寶石水晶製作而成，包括透明、藍色、綠色及粉紅色，帶有科幻感。

入門 Gucci Grip 手錶 開宗明義，2021 全新 Gucci 手錶主題是高級製錶，採用物料與技術自然矜貴，價位也相對高。然而過往 Gucci 也曾推出不少入門價的 Grip 手錶，適合新手。例如這款鋼製錶殼手錶充滿質感，錶面綴有粉紅色 Super Luminova 夜光琺瑯細節，在漆黑中也能發出光芒。設計靈感來自滑板，帶點街頭風的感覺，較貼近年輕人風格。Gucci 官網價格 $14,000

Gucci Grip 手錶有推出男女款式，鋼錶殼配上綠色鱷魚皮錶帶，時尚又有格調。另有黃金 PVD 鍍層錶殼配酒紅色鱷魚皮錶帶款式，當情侶手錶最適合。Gucci 官網價格 $14,000

注入品牌元素 Gucci G-Timeless 手錶 除了 Monogram，在 Gucci 不少設計中，當總能看見蜜蜂、老虎的元素，若想入手一隻「好 Gucci」的作品，G-Timeless Dancing Bees 手錶絕對是個好選擇。今年，Gucci 推出 5 款全新 G-Timeless Dancing Bees 腕錶，這 5 款手錶分別結合如陀飛輪、月相功能複雜製錶及珠寶工藝，為 G-Timeless 經典的設計再得以昇華。G-Timeless Dancing Bee 高級製錶系列 $880, 000 起

入門 Gucci G-Timeless 蜜蜂錶面手錶 過往 Gucci 也曾推出不少 G-Timeless 手錶，如這款 G-Timeless，青金石錶盤上面刻有金色的 Gucci 蜜蜂標誌，錶鏈用上 18K 黃金點綴，遠看也能被吸引視線。Gucci 官網價格 $55,000

Gucci G-Timeless 皮帶手錶 白色皮革款式雖然好看，但怕容易弄髒。不妨入手黑色皮革錶帶和精鋼錶殼組成的 Gucci G-Timeless 手錶，凹印 Gucci Signature 的皮革是入門之選，價錢也很親民呢！Gucci 官網價格 $7,400

Gucci Launches High Watchmaking Collection

MILAN — Alessandro Michele is channeling his whimsical creativity and distinctive design elements into Gucci’s high watchmaking collection.

Gucci launched its first timepieces in 1972 — all made in Switzerland — but in this year marking the brand’s centenary, the company is unveiling four lines under the high watchmaking umbrella: Gucci 25H; G-Timeless; Grip, and high-jewelry watches.

Gucci’s watch headquarters are based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Quality control, assembly and diamond setting take place in the Swiss plant of La Chaux-de-Fonds, while dials and special decorative techniques are crafted in Gucci’s Fabbrica Quadranti facility in the Canton of Ticino.

Gucci‘s GG 727.25 watch calibre is developed and produced by the state-of-the art Kering movement manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Self-winding and ultra-slim at just 3.7 mm in height, the GG 727.25 calibre makes its debut in the Gucci 25H, which has a playfully symbolic name, containing a number that the brand’s creative director considers a talisman and one he often features in his collections for Gucci. According to the company, the GG 727.25 calibre references other important numerical symbols: “seven for completeness; two representing balance and cooperation, and five symbolizing curiosity and freedom.” The ultra-slim case and sleek, sporty lines can be worn by men and women alike.

A mechanical watch design, the Gucci 25H is presented in steel and pavé-set models and two dynamic tourbillon iterations in platinum and yellow gold.

The Gucci 25H watches retail at between 8,500 euros and 11,000 euros for the automatic version and between 120,000 euros and 170,000 euros for the tourbillon version.

The G-Timeless creations comprise five designs: the G-Timeless Dancing Bees, with a high-jewelry touch with bees that shimmer and move on the dial. The watch is also offered in tourbillon versions, retailing at between 95,000 and 200,000 euros.

Also presented are the G-Timeless Automatic with bee motif, jeweled hard-stone dials and precious skin straps; the mystical G-Timeless with moon phases, and the G-Timeless Pavé, a white-diamond encrusted automatic watch with alligator strap.

Five Grip high watchmaking variations are crafted in precious materials, each fitted with a Jump Hour movement module triggered to jump forward every hour, to a minutes disc that sweeps around through 60 minutes. The technology is creatively expressed on the new models in curved openings on each dial, allowing a clean numerical display.

Hardstone dials adorn three 18-karat gold Grip models — two in yellow gold, the other in white gold. “Each dial is precision-cut by a highly skilled gemstone cutter who must shape the delicate material while maintaining its strength,” said the company. The Grip design is fitted with an alligator strap in a shade that corresponds to the color of its stone dial.

The fourth design in the Grip gold series is created entirely in 18-karat yellow gold with a brushed gold dial engraved with the Gucci logo and straight, gleaming bracelet links. Each 18-karat gold Grip watch is precision-set with a continuous row of 44 baguette-cut diamonds. The Grip Gold is priced at between 150,000 euros and 250,000 euros.

Grip Sapphire, a Jump Hour watch in a case entirely crafted in sapphire crystal, is the fifth edition in the Grip line. It is presented in four color variations — clear, blue, green and pink — with a transparent rubber tone-on-tone strap embossed with the interlocking G motif and with a steel ardillon buckle. The Grip Sapphire retails at between 80,000 euros and 100,000 euros.

The high jewelry watches are inspired by the brand’s design motifs: the Dionysus, the Lion Head and Gucci Play. Each design is created around a quartz movement.

The watches will be presented by appointment at Gucci’s fine watch and jewelry boutique in Paris, in Place Vendôme.

Forget Fashion Watches: Gucci Is Getting Into Serious High Horology With 33 New Models

It’s a big year for Gucci and the Italian house is aiming to make a splash. In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the brand is stepping up its game by entering the world of haute-horology. Back in 1972, Gucci was one of the first major fashion brands to embrace timekeepers as a style statement. To date, they are the largest producer of fashion watches in the world. Almost 50 years later, the company takes its watch offering up a notch. In a total of four high-end collections, 33 new models have been unveiled (four of which can be transformed multiple ways). And, unlike other fashion houses that delve into this category but don’t necessarily get too involved, Gucci’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, is said to have had his hands on the design process.

The collections, which include everything from tourbillons and jumping-hour movements to fully gem-set pieces and sapphire-crystal constructions, are assembled in Switzerland’s watchmaking mecca in La Chaux-de-Fonds at the Kering watch manufacture. Dials are crafted in the Gucci-owned Fabbrica Quadranti facility in the Canton of Ticino in Besazio, Switzerland. The design is conceived in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where Gucci houses its watch headquarters. The company’s first “in-house” movements are featured in the 25H (in all models) and G-Timeless Dancing Bees (in the tourbillons) collections.

The design is everything you would expect from Michele’s eclectic style. Several of the pieces incorporate his love affair with witchy iconography including stars, lions or tigers, snakes and bees. The latter three make up what the designer refers to as the Gucci Garden: Bees representing love (in reference to their honey-producing nectar), snakes symbolize rebirth (represented by its skin-shedding) and lions, of course, owning the idea of power and ferocity. Bees take flight in the G-Timeless collection, which includes tourbillon versions with or without diamonds, including two fully diamond-set bracelet offerings (115,000-195,000 euros or approximately $136,730-$231,850), while the Lions Head range (55,000-59,000 euros or approximately $65,400-$70,150) is a take on a secret-watch concept with the roaring head, set with diamonds in the mouth and eyes, swiveling to reveal time underneath on turquoise, malachite or tiger’s eye stone dials. The snake slithers onto the bezel of daintier pieces like the Dionysus and Play pieces. Appropriately, the latter can shed its bezel around either a mother-of-pearl or pavé diamond dial (8,500-18,500 euros or approximately $10,100-$22,000) to take on new forms in 13 variations ranging from a yellow-gold snake with a single precious stone for the eye to white-gold snakes encrusted with diamonds and precious stones.

Michele is, of course, at his best when playing to his penchant for the unconventional. The Gucci Grip watch, a quartz-powered timepiece inspired by the unusual jumping hour movements of early 20th-century Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe and Cartier watches, has become an icon of the house. Now, it’s taken to new heights with mechanical movements housed in 18-karat white-gold and yellow-gold cases accented with 44 baguette-cut diamonds around the edge with stone dials in onyx, malachite and tiger’s eye or brushed-gold (150,000-250,000 euros or approximately $178,350-$297,250). Four entirely sapphire crystal editions (including the bracelet) come in clear, blue, green and pink for a fresh take on the staple (85,000 euros or approximately $101,000). The transparency of the cases allows for a full view of the numerical wheels with two different highlighted pastel windows for reading the current time. Although pictures were not yet available for publication, we can assure you these are sure to become the must-have pieces in the Grip lineup, especially for the streetwear obsessed.

But the G-Timeless Moonphase collection (32,000 euros each or approximately $38,000) is most reflective of Michele’s penchant for a heavy dose of romanticism and mysticism. Circling the moon phases is the Latin phrase Sine Amore Nihil (Nothing Without Love). Stars, shooting stars, tiny Saturns, diamonds and precious gems sprinkle the black or white mother-of-pearl dials. Like something lifted from a clairvoyant’s signage, they have a kind of magical appeal. They also look not unlike some of the extraordinary designs on gowns we’ve seen float down the Gucci catwalk in Milan. Equipped with quartz movements, these pieces are more about the dreamy design and materials, including 181-169 diamonds set in 18-karat white gold.

Diamonds and stone dials aren’t for everyone, so Gucci included a few straightforward timepieces in the collection. The sporty 25H range, named after Michele’s favorite numbers, comes in ultra-slim automatic time-only steel models (8,200 euros for steel or 10,500 euros for steel with a diamond-set bezel or approximately $9,750 and $12,485) or two tourbillon versions in platinum (170,000 euros or approximately $202,230) or yellow gold (120,000 euros or $142,680).

Needless to say, there is plenty to buzz about, but you will have to dig your claws rather deep into your pockets if you want a piece of Gucci’s fashionable take on high horology.