Giibelin/R

Giibelin/R. Daners, "Bras en l'Air", "Le Colosse de Rhodes", No. 2/7, case No. 224881, limited series of 7 pieces, created in 1990, first production 1991, only 4 pieces with the dial " Colosse de Rhodes" in Gilbelin's ateliers. Extremely fine and rare, self-winding, 18ct gold gentleman's wristwatch. massive, polished, stepped bezel. Notes Giibelin confinas that a maximum of seven pieces can be made of this particular wristwatch. The international specification stipulates that seven pieces are the maximum amount which entitles the producer to use the specification "original". The "Bras en l'Air" complication was previously used only on pocket watches. The Colossus of Rhodes was the bronze statue of Helios in Rhodes, which for its size came to be reckoned among the the wonders of the world. It was made from the spoils left by Demetrius Poliorcetes when he raised the prolonged siege of Rhodes. The sculptor was Chares, a native of Lindus and of the school of Lysippus, under whose influence, the art of sculpture was led to the production of colossal figures by preference. The work occupied him twelve years, it is said, and the finished statue stood 70 cubits high. It stood near the harbour, but at what point is not certain. When, and from what grounds the belief arose that it had stood across the entrance to the harbour, with a beacon light in its band and ships passing between bis legs, is not known, but the belief was current as early as the 16th century. The Read more…