The Lunar New Year is one of the most important holidays, especially for Asian countries. In Vietnam, we use the image of the cat for this year, but in the world, when talking about the 12 zodiac animals, they usually follow the Chinese culture – the origin of the lunar calendar and the 12 zodiac animals, where the year of Mao is the year of the rabbit. Although there are many opinions and analyses that using the cat will have a distinct characteristic of the species or balance the natural elements of mutual generation and mutual restraint of many Vietnamese scholars, perhaps VN’s influence is not enough to change the world’s view of the 12 zodiac animals.
This article will not delve into the issue of 12 zodiac animals, the main purpose is to see what are some of the outstanding watches produced to commemorate this “year of the rabbit”.
Ulysse Nardin Classico Rabbit – $45,900 (limited 88 pieces)
This is a watch with a very meticulous and high-end dial made of enamel and 18k rose gold, bringing beautiful colors and artistic expression.
The pair of rabbits on the dial are made from rose gold, while the gray rabbit looks up at the sky, the brown rabbit seems to be serious and vigilant looking around, their opposite personalities bring harmony to the picture.
This Ulysse Nardin is equipped with an Automatic UN-815 movement and has a reasonable size of 40mm.
Vacheron Constantin Year of the Rabbit Métiers D’Art – $108,000 (limited 9 pairs platinum và vàng hồng)
Trên mặt số là hình chú thỏ được trạm khắc bằng tay từ bạch kim hoặc vàng hồng tùy theo phiên bản) trên nền dial men nung hình ảnh của một góc bụi hoa, Giờ, phút, lịch ngày và lịch thứ được hiển thị tại 4 ô cửa sổ nằm cân đối tại bốn góc của dial.
Đây cũng là chiếc thứ 5 trong bộ sưu tập 12 con giáp của VC, khi trước đó từ năm 2019 VC đã giới thiệu các mẫu đồng hồ cho năm lợn, chuột, trâu và hổ.
Chiếc đồng hồ kích thước khá nhỏ chỉ 33mm sẽ phù hợp hơn với các chị em hoặc anh em có tay bé, và bộ máy được sử dụng cho 2 chiếc VC này là 2460 G4.
TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Year of the Rabbit – $6,950
You might wonder where the rabbit is when you see this watch, then I would say that it is printed on the glass back. Actually I don’t like Tag Heuer for many reasons but to be fair putting a commemorative watch for a year of an animal with its image on the back is not reasonable for me.
This watch uses Calibre 02 movement commonly seen on Tag Heuer’s Autavia or Monaco models, with 80 hours power reserve it will be comfortable for you to wear it occasionally for fun.
Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Black Ceramic Rabbit – $40,000 (limited 12 pcs)
Hublot is quite creative when using an image of a cute cartoon rabbit drawn by artist Wen Na on this Big Bang. Hublot’s rabbit is an energetic rabbit who joins parties and dances, quite suitable for the style that Hublot aims for.
With a large picture showing many characters and activities of a party, it will be placed in a case size of 42mm. The heart of this Hublot is HUB1710 movement.
Chopard L.U.C XP Urushi Year of the Rabbit – $26,200 (88 pcs)
A lacquer painting using Japanese Maki-e technique depicting two rabbits jumping under a starry night sky, made by sprinkling gold and silver powder on the dial surface.
With a size of 39.5 and a case made from 18k rose gold combined with a fairy-tale picture of two rabbits, this will surely be a watch loved by Asian collectors.
Swatch Year of the Rabbit – $105
Although its price is only equal to 1/99,000 those other rabbit watches but actually Swatch’s rabbit image doesn’t need to be so sloppy and ugly. Maybe if I gave this watch to my daughter Cheese she wouldn’t bother wearing it either.
Piaget Year of the Rabbit Watch – $71,000, limited 38 pcs.
A watch with an enamel dial completed by master enameller Anita Porchet, combined with a diamond bezel but the image of two rabbits gives a feeling of soullessness. Perhaps many people will feel bored when compared to those lively, cute, meditative or serious rabbits above but for me it is quite beautiful and suitable for girls with a clear and innocent appearance a little – like the two rabbits on the dial.
These are 7 outstanding watches of the Year of the Rabbit according to Hodinkee.com, which one do you think is the most beautiful or do you have any other outstanding watches?