Black Beauty

Franck Muller’s Vanguard Rose Skeleton dazzles with the provocative allure of black diamonds.

- Celine Yap

FLORALS IN TIMEPIECES are usually there for aesthetic reasons – and why not, since they’re gorgeous – but in Franck Muller’s Vanguard Rose Skeleton, there is much more to the inimitable rose than its ambrosial beauty.

Blossoming verdantly within the signature tonneau-shaped case of the Vanguard, roses of all sizes and colours dazzle the eye. Like a picturesque vista of a rose bush – or indeed, a canvas painting of roses in full bloom. In a harmonious overlapping of technical expertise meets romantic elegance, these florals are very much integral to the watch’s immaculately skeletonised movement.