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Gucci enriches the G-Timeless Métiers d’Art and GUCCI 25H High Watchmaking collections

May 2026


Gucci enriches the G-Timeless Métiers d'Art and GUCCI 25H High Watchmaking collections

In 2026, Gucci is unveiling five new High Watchmaking pieces, including four models within the vibrant G-Timeless Métiers d’Art collection and a new variant of the Gucci 25H timepiece. The Métiers d’Art range continues to depict evocative stories inspired by Gucci’s archival silk scarf designs, while the Gucci 25H is given a new treatment of rainbow gemstones that provide an opulent counterpoint to the mechanics of this High Watchmaking design.

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evisiting themes from the Gucci Archive, each of the G-Timeless Métiers d’Art models represents the perfect canvas for the finest artisanal watchmaking techniques. From painted miniatures to plumage, enameling, and exceptional materials, the four new creations are an ode to the natural world and artfully bring to life the House’s recurring themes of nature, wildlife, and movement. Crafted in 40mm cases, all four timepieces are completed with alligator straps and engraved case backs that mirror each motif. Two of these timepieces are further enhanced with the work of French feather artist Nelly Saunier, who adorns these pieces with her signature feather inlay designs.

The first G-Timeless Métiers d’Art timepiece offers a precise rendition of Gucci’s iconic Flora print, originally created in 1966 by Vittorio Accornero. The fluid florals of the archival print are represented through micro-painting, hand engraving, and luminous ornamental stones. The highly intricate dial is set on a white gold base clad in onyx and inlaid with individually set minerals and gemstones, including pink opal, blood jasper, and mother-of-pearl. Each inlay is refined by laser precision and completed with hand engraving and micro-painting. Further adorning the case are delicate miniature creatures, including a grasshopper and a dragonfly, crafted in white gold and finished with fine engraving and micro-painting. The refined craftsmanship is elevated by a white gold diamond-set case and a diamond-set tourbillon positioned at 12 o’clock.

In exquisite tones of peach and rose, the second G-Timeless Métiers d’Art model brings an ethereal aesthetic to life, inspired by an archival silk scarf design from the early 1980s. A rose gold case embellished with diamonds frames a white grand feu enamel dial. The graceful crane, outlined in rose gold, is brought to life with exquisite feather craftsmanship by artist Nelly Saunier. Each feather is individually chosen for its hue, texture, and reflective quality, and follows a refined gradient. The composition is completed by flowing channels of diamonds and baguette-cut diamonds, alternated with mother-of-pearl, creating an interplay of light and texture. Finally, a montage of blooming flowers, each engraved, set in mother-of-pearl and meticulously micro- painted by hand, crowns the composition, with the tourbillon at 12 o’clock.

The third G-Timeless reimagines an archival Gucci print from the 1980s as a vibrant gradient of blue feathers and mother-of-pearl, enclosed in a white gold and diamond case. Also bearing the meticulous handiwork of Nelly Saunier, the dial is composed of individually selected feathers, forming a tonal blue and aquamarine color gradient. The toucans and green foliage are crafted in mother-of-pearl, then hand-engraved and meticulously micro-painted. The faceted toucan, painted by hand on both sides of the mother-of-pearl, has a lifelike presence that contrasts with the lush green foliage and the striking blue feathers. The tropical palette is offset by a tourbillon at 12 o’clock, adorned with a fuchsia-pink flower crafted in mother-of-pearl and delicately micro- painted.

Completing the collection is the fourth G-Timeless in the Métiers d’Art range, inspired by Gucci’s archival Animalia scarf prints from the late 1970s. A rose gold case and knurled bezel frame a mother-of-pearl dial decorated with a hand-painted rose gold tiger emerging from vibrant foliage. Beneath the natural layer, delicate micro-painting evokes a blazing sun dissolving into a milky haze, enhancing the natural iridescence of the mother-of-pearl. The refined composition is offset with a hand-engraved rose gold bamboo accent and a tourbillon at 12 o’clock, adorned with a diamond-set star decoration.

Each timepiece is a testament to the House’s craftsmanship and celebrates the breadth of artistry that can be found within the Gucci Archive.

A further addition to the Gucci High Watchmaking collection is the 40mm GUCCI 25H, which returns in its signature architectural form and amphitheater silhouette.

In 2026, this sculptural piece is reimagined with a symphony of rainbow-colored sapphires that mirror the complexity of the timepiece itself. Retaining its ultra-thin case at just 8.4mm thick, the timepiece is elevated through luminous colored baguette sapphires, each cut and set by hand, and meticulously selected for their shade. These graduated tones form a luminous architectural frame around the central open-work dial and offset the intricate skeletonized movement within. Finished with a blue alligator strap, this piece is a celebration of light, color, and High Watchmaking craftsmanship.

Nelly Saunier works exclusively with feathers collected during the birds’ natural molting process. The feathers are shed freely and gathered, sorted, and selected by hand.

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