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KERBEDANZ - Celtic Dog

$135,000.00

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Kerbedanz gave to this watch the symbolic figure of Celtic Dog. The dog was highly valued by the ancient Celts as both hunter and warrior.

Made in 18K white solid gold, the blue enameled dial of "Celtic Dog" is topped by an ornament made in white gold representing the Celtic dog surrounded by tracery of La Tène style (from the archaeological site of La Tène in Switzerland). The artist has taken this style of tracery of La Tène period in order to give life to that almost mythical creature which was the Dog for all Celts. This tracery can be interpreted as the thread of Life that connects the creature (human, animal or even plant) to the natural world and at the same time to the Afterlife.

Celts have literally adored dogs, and the classical authors also emphasize their undoubted superiority in a practice of dog breeding. They regarded the dog as an animal with exceptional courage. Celtic dogs were very famous and were used for warfare and hunting. The Arvern king Bituitus had a guard of dogs, which, according to him, had to make short work of the Roman army. Similarly, in the Irish epic, the Dog Ailbe alone was enough to guard the kingdom of Laighen - not to mention that of Culann ... Pliny assures that the Gauls were covering their dogs by wolves and they have given the obtained hybrids for guides to their packs.

The hunting was, with the war, one of the main occupations of Celts. It required initiation and could be practiced together with a ritual intended for obtaining a divine protection. The dogs were so valuable auxiliaries. For each captured or killed animal, the hunters were putting aside a small amount of money. After one year, in the day of the birth of Artemis (Diana the Huntress in Roman mythology), they were opening the "kitty" so constituted and employing this money to pay for a sacrifice to the goddess and to prepare a banquet, during which the dogs were appearing crowned with flowers.

For the Celts, the dog is also the messenger of the afterlife and is associated with the Moon. It escorts the gods of the underground, blacksmiths gods or gods of metals, gods of deaths and fertility.

A complete book on Celtic Dog’s symbols and legends is offered with the watch.

MOVEMENT

Mechanical hand-wound tourbillon KRB-01 caliber, designed, manufactured and decorated by Kerbedanz and Technotime, 27 jewels, 28’800 vib/h, double barrel, 120-hour power reserve. Special Kerbedanz engraving on the back of the movement. Tourbillon cage placed at south west, between 7 and 8 o’clock.

FUNCTIONS

Hours, minutes, tourbillon.

CASE

18K white gold, 43mm. Designed and manufactured by Kerbedanz. Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment. Water-resistant 5 atm. Crown situated in the north-east, between 1 and 2 o’clock.

DIAL

Massive white gold. Blue enamelled bas-relief dial of "Celtic Dog" topped with an applied white gold set in the form of Celtic Dog surrounded by La Tène style interlacing. 3 layer dial, designed, manufactured and hand decorated by Kerbedanz.

STRAP

Alligator mississippiensis with 18K white gold folding clasp with a special Kerbedanz design.

LIMITED EDITION

41 pieces.

REF. CODE

KRBTT43-002WL

GLYPTIC OR INTAGLIO

It represents the carving in hollow in the mass, originally in a massive stones. In an intaglio, nothing is raised above the original plan. The most frequently used stones for intaglios are carnelian, chalcedony, agate, jasper and rock crystal, rarely precious stones: emeralds, sapphires as well as gold. The artist works with chisels and reel.

Unlike cameos, which are generally figurative, intaglios have either decor or inscriptions, arms or monograms because they were often mounted to be used as cachets or stamps in the form of rings.

CYLINDER SEAL

Most probably this art was inspired by the cylinder seal of the Sumerian period, related to the art of intaglio. Indeed, as the intaglio, the cylinder seal was originally engraved in the hollow of a pattern with a short text to identify its owner, as a seal signature, for example. It is designed to be held on a clay tablet.

Actually, the printable surface reproduces a frieze, infinitely expandable, and it is larger than that of a normal seal. It increases the narrative and decorative potential of the seal, and makes it a potentially very rich iconographic support. The cylinder can be achieved in a diverse number of materials: stones such as marble, serpentine, steatite, and hematite or in rare and luxurious stones, such as lapis lazuli, chalcedony, agate, carnelian or metal (gold, silver, bronze) etc.