"Leadbeater’s Cockatoo" Rare Handcrafts Champagne Rose Gold Alligator Leather 38mm

This limited edition of ten watches in rose gold gives center stage to the Leadbeater’s cockatoo, a species of parrot inhabiting southern Australia and known for its spectacular crest consisting of 16 long forward-facing incurved orangey-red feathers. The complex motif of the feathers in Grand Feu cloisonné enamel called for about 48 cm of gold wire (~0.2 g). To do full justice to the extraordinary vibrancy of the bird’s plumage the enameller then worked with a palette of semi-opaque, opaque and transparent enamels in 85 colors, before accentuating this splendid display of gradations with 14 colors of miniature painting on enamel, lending a particular brilliance to the bird.