Awake has expanded its Sơn Mài collection with the Silver Leaf line, featuring three permanent models in Java Green, Gentian Blue, and Indian Red, alongside a limited edition Purple Viola. These watches showcase a new "Vignette" dial style with a gradient effect, achieved through a meticulous lacquer process involving silver leaf and pigmented lacquer, taking over ten hours per dial.
- Limited to 200 pieces for the Purple Viola model
- Price: €2,640 (around $2,950 USD) including VAT
- Deliveries start in late November
The dials are crafted in Hanoi, involving over ten hours of work to apply and polish approximately twelve layers of pigmented lacquer over sheets of silver leaf.
The collection features Awake's new handwritten brand identity, first seen on the Sơn Mài Guilloché collection.
The "Chiaroscuro luminous signature" uses sculpted steel caps over Super-LumiNova BGW9 blocks, rather than painted lume.
The La Joux-Perret G101 automatic movement is fitted with a new tungsten rotor.
Straps include quick-release spring bars and the Fitwell M1 micro-adjustable pin buckle.
The reviewer highlights the well-executed Vignette styling and the unexpected, carefully executed lume as standout features.