he Ladybird Colours line is home to the most recent members of the women’s timepiece collection with, as the name suggests, a broad and rich colour palette. For Valentine’s Day, Ladybird Colours glows red. Its dial fashioned from an exclusive variety of mother of pearl features red roman numerals to which extra visual depth is given by a time-consuming process that requires five separate applications of colour.

All of the Ladybird Colours dials showcase a fine gold ring at 6 o’clock, set by hand with graduated diamonds. For the Valentine’s edition, the lower portion of the diamond set ring has been given the shape of a heart. Cupid’s arrow adds to the Valentine’s theme as it forms the large seconds hand, carrying a small red heart and a feather-shaped counterweight.

The movement is Blancpain’s in-house 1153 automatic winding caliber beating at 3 Hz. The movement’s two mainspring barrels ensure that the watch will achieve a four-day power reserve. The white gold winding rotor has been open worked with a heart motif, which is visible through the sapphire case back.

The 34.9 mm case is carried out in white gold with hand set diamonds upon the bezel and lugs. More than 2 carats of diamonds have been bestowed upon the bezel, lugs, dial and buckle. This special edition Valentines Day 2024 is limited to but 99 examples.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Seconds · mother-of-pearl dial set with diamonds · self-winding

Case: 18ct white gold, circled by 1 row of diamonds, lugs and buckle set with diamonds, crown set with a rose-cut diamond

Caliber: 26.20 mm

Carat weight: 1.994