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Facing it, the watch dial appears in all its simplicity, enamelled in midnight blue with the characteristic sloping numerals of the Arceau.

To name a few, Ulysse Nardin launched its new gold watch, the Classico Dragon, decorated with a dragon-emblazoned enamel champlevé dial with just 88 pieces.

Enamel is transparent glass colored with metal oxides which, when applied to metal and heated to between 800°C and 1,200°C, melts and is bonded by fusion to the metal.

The latter uses the all of the dexterity and sensitivity of the master enameller. Layer after layer, it gives life to an exceptional painting that will be protected from the ravages of time by a transparent glaze called fondant and made according to the Geneva technique.

Enamel as a material is a glass compound to which metal oxides are added so as to obtain an infinite range of colours and tints.

The platinum case and Grand Feu enamel dial set with diamonds and sapphires are a dazzling ode to the exuberant Renaissance period gardens.

Frida Giannini wore a Gucci one of a kind Spring/Summer 2012 black georgette long sleeved fringed cocktail dress, embroidered with a graphic pattern of black and gold metal chains with black suede open toe high heeled sandals with gold chain detail and small black lizard clutch with enamel tiger head detail.

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My personal favorite is the Oktopus II in titanium / ceramic for CHF 8,800.

To make sure our cupboards stay good and clean, we’re expanding our selection of cupboards with hard enamel finish, which is scratch resistant and easy to clean.

Gemma Arterton wore Fall/Winter 2012-2013 brandy iris printed silk georgette long sleeved shirt with matching brandy iris printed silk georgette trousers, 18kt yellow gold Diamantissima necklace and 18kt yellow gold horsebit bracelet with a black crocodile evening clutch with enamel tiger head detail.

Sandvik Mining Systems Africa recently teamed up with energy giant Areva Namibia to donate a new ambulance to St Gabriel’s Ambulance Trust in the town of Arandis and surrounding areas in western Namibia.

This superb piece was presented as a gift in July 1929 by the colony of Swiss people living in Egypt to mark the visit to Switzerland of King Fouad I. This remarkable 18K gold timepiece features a silver dial graced with 12 complications: a split-seconds chronograph with 30-minute register, a perpetual calendar, displays of the date, day, month, leap-year and moon phase, as well as a minute repeater striking three gongs on demand, grande sonnerie striking the hours and quarters on three gongs, and petite sonnerie striking the quarter hours on three gongs.

Researchers have argued that early hominins acquired powerful grinding teeth to better process hard foods like nuts and seeds, but analyses of fossil tooth enamel suggest that at least some recent ancestors relied heavily on locally available plants.