The resurgence of stone dials continues, and Louis Vuitton’s latest Escale timepiece makes a compelling case for their staying power. The Escale Tiger’s Eye follows last year’s turquoise and malachite versions and arrives in the collection’s first yellow gold case. Both the dial and the case ring are cut from tiger’s eye, with each stone shaped and hand-polished at La Fabrique des Boîtiers, Louis Vuitton’s case-making atelier. The stone’s dense, fibrous structure makes machining particularly demanding, requiring careful handling to avoid breakage – one of the reasons why production is so limited, with just 30 pieces being produced.

Rounding out Louis Vuitton’s releases is this miniature Camionnette table clock, inspired by the brand’s early-20th-century delivery vehicles that once travelled between the Asnières headquarters and its clients and boutiques. Both a functional timepiece and a sculptural object, the clock references the romance of those journeys with a nostalgic whimsy. The fully operational piece features a visible balance wheel beneath glass in the cabin, while time is displayed via two rotating cylinders concealed under the hood. Finishing touches include a saffron-and-blue livery, Monogram flower motifs and a removable, functional trunk mounted at the rear. A high-jewellery version, crafted in gilded metal and set with diamonds and sapphires, is also available for those seeking a touch more drama.

Inspired by Jean Schlumberger’s Sixteen Stone jewellery collection from 1959, the new Sixteen Stone watch brings one of Tiffany’s most recognisable motifs directly onto the dial. The dial is split into two parts with a fixed central disc in mother-of-pearl and an outer rotating ring which spins freely with the movement of the wrist, decorated with Schlumberger’s signature yellow gold cross-stitch motif, interspersed with diamonds. Making the rotating ring is a painstaking process, requiring around 25 hours of work to cast, polish and mount each gold cross before the diamonds are set. The white gold case is also snow-set with diamonds, while the caseback is engraved with a sunburst pattern inspired by Schlumberger’s Floral Arrows brooch and dotted with precious stones.

Where the Monete looks to antiquity, the Tubogas Manchette turns to the 1970s, drawing directly on a 1974 archival design. Tubogas has been part of Bvlgari’s design language since the 1940s, but here it’s pushed into full power cuff territory with a wide single-coil bracelet that wraps elegantly around the wrist.

Each section of the bracelet is bejewelled with diamonds, offset by spessartites, citrines, rubellites, peridots, amethysts and topazes, with colour used to enhance the surface shimmer rather than overwhelm it. Construction is complex, with every gold ring moulded and polished individually before being assembled onto a titanium blade, preserving the Tubogas’ signature flexibility despite the scale of the gem-setting.