Blancpain - Ladybird Colors

Blancpain Ladybird Colors 2021 models. The Blancpain Ladybird Colors, in white gold (3660-1954) or red gold (3660-2954), has a price of €27,400.

The Ladybird has an important place in Blancpain's history. It was introduced in 1956 as the smallest round watch for Ladies quickly becoming a worldwide hit (for more you can read our "The History of Blancpain" feature article).

In 2021, Blancpain is presenting the Ladybird Colors, 7 new variations characterised by white mother-of-pearl dials adorned with slightly rounded applied gold Arabic numerals forming an asymmetrical hour circle crowned by the number 12 and highlighted by a band of diamonds. The hours and minutes hands are shaped like hollowed-out sage leaves.

The red or white gold case offers harmonious proportions with a diameter of 34.9 mm and a thickness of 9.20 mm. Bezel, lugs and crown are set with 59 diamonds totalling over 2 carats making the Ladybird Colors, a high-end jewellery watch. 

Before placing the gems in the holes created for this purpose, the gemsetters hollow out the material using scorpers to create a thin clean-cut band of precious metal (fillet) on either side of the diamonds. Known as “recutting”, this step is important because it affects the brilliance of the model by producing a mirror effect. The diamonds are precisely aligned one by one. The artisans then push back the beads formed from the precious metal over the gems to hold them in place. They then manually work the separation between the beads in order to perfect their creation.

The movement of choice is the in-house Calibre 1153, which offers a remarkable power reserve of more than 4 days (100 hours). Though the transparent sapphire crystal it is possible to admire the circular-grained mainplate with chamfered, satin-brushed bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif as well as the openworked gold oscillating weight, matching the circular patterns of the watch face. The use of a silicon balance-spring guarantees non-magnetic and chronometric properties.

The Ladybird Colors comes in seven colourful case and strap combinations. The white gold version can be paired with a satin-white, lemon yellow, tangerine orange or lilac alligator leather strap while the red gold model is available with a choice of peacock green, midnight blue or satin- white alligator leather strap. 

Each wristband is fitted with a gold pin buckle or folding clasp set with nine diamonds.

The Blancpain Ladybird Colors, either in white gold (ref. 3660-1954) or red gold (ref. 3660-2954), has a price of Euro 27,400. blancpain.com