ARTENUR

The founding pair

ظلامZalam

AZ-02

Zambian emeralds and black diamonds, parted by a line of black diamonds, in a case of AETERNA 928 silver sealed in black rhodium.

Zalam: a black-rhodium watch whose silver dial is set with emeralds on one side and black diamonds on the other, parted by a vertical line of black diamonds.
Concept rendering

Scroll to travel across the dial

Zalam, in Arabic

ظلام · Zalam

Darkness.

Emeralds on one side, black diamonds on the other, and the same line between them.

Detail · concept rendering

Zalam, framed from the concept rendering.Zalam, dial in close-up.

Concept rendering

  1. I ١

    Zalam ظلام

    A case of silver sealed in black rhodium, and a dial of silver, gold, emerald and diamond. Scroll, and travel across it.

  2. II ٢

    The signature

    ARTENUR, in solid 24-carat gold finished in white rhodium, raised above the dial.

  3. III ٣

    The meridian

    Black diamonds from twelve to six: the one line both watches share.

  4. IV ٤

    Emeralds

    Natural Zambian emeralds, held between concentric rings of sterling silver.

  5. V ٥

    Black diamonds

    All to the right of the meridian, so that the dial turns to night. On Nur, this half is white.

  6. VI ٦

    The case

    AETERNA 928, the house’s own silver, finer than sterling and sealed in black rhodium. 39 mm, with open lugs. Nine hours of hand finishing for every case.

  7. VII ٧

    The strap

    Egyptian cowhide, closed by a sterling silver tang buckle sealed in black rhodium.

  8. VIII ٨

    As drawn.

    Every view on this page is a rendering. The watch itself is being made.

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Move across the dial and look closer.Pinch the dial, and look closer.

Zalam, dial in close-up.

Zalam · detail · concept rendering

In the round.

Zalam beyond the front view: the open lug, the case and the crown.

Zalam, three-quarter view, in a black-rhodium case with open lugs.
Three-quarter · concept rendering
Zalam case, lug window and crown in close-up.
Case, lug and crown · concept rendering

The other side.

The rotor repeats the dial: concentric rings, crossed by black diamonds. Dial and rotor together take fifteen hours of setting.

The caseback, with a rotor carrying concentric ribs and a meridian of black diamonds.
Caseback · concept rendering. The movement shown is an artist’s drawing; inside beats a Swiss ETA 2824-2.

In detail.

Reference
AZ-02 · Zalam · ظلام
Case
AETERNA 928 silver: 92.80 silver, 4.20 copper, 1.80 zinc, 1.20 aluminium, by weight. Sealed in black rhodium. 39 mm, with open lugs.
Hand finishing
Nine hours for every case.
Dial
Sterling silver, raised in concentric rings.
Signature
Solid 24-carat gold, finished in white rhodium, raised above the dial.
Stones
Natural Zambian emeralds. Black diamonds, in the field and in the meridian.
Setting
Fifteen hours for the dial and its rotor.
Movement
Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic, from the founder’s own watch.
Strap
Egyptian cowhide.
Buckle
Sterling silver tang buckle, sealed in black rhodium.

Zalam is being made. Until it can be photographed, every image here is a rendering.

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