A $ Ap Rocky's Cannes Watch is hidden behind a 2,000 year old coin

Under all the superlative wristwear in Cannes, a watch was in particular a gold bracelet-like piece with diamonds on the wrist of a $ Ap Rocky.

It is actually part of the Bulgaris women's collection that is called the Monete Catene High Jewely Secret Watch – although we now know that this name is little to prevent sartorial adventurous men from adopting such pieces. It consists of 18-carat-roségold and has an octagonal housing and a bracelet set for rose gold chains with about four carat gemstones. However, the secret sauce is that the dial is hidden, but not entirely in the type of Jaeger-Lecoulre Reverso: In this case it is certainly hidden behind an almost two millennia of old coin coin, which is shaped with the face of the Roman emperor Caracalla (198-217 AD).

Open the covering of the emperor with the similarity of the emperor, and the actual dial pearl of the pearl with diamond set indices and a golden handset. Serious watch heads will also appreciate the tiny power plant contained in the housing: It is Bulgari Piccolissimo Micro-Movement, a manual caliber with a 3-Hz slaughter rate and a 30-hour performance reserve. Overall, such a watch checks numerous boxes: Horological nerds will love the mechanics, the old coin interested will appreciate, jewelry lovers will love the beautiful gold and the diamonds, and who are simply looking for an elegant cocktail clock will dig the entire package.

In view of his Roman roots, Bulgari has long recorded such old coins in his jewelry. It is also far from the only brand that designs “hidden” watches: Piaget in particular is famous for his watches, the unique “coins” used by Salvador Dali to hide the dial, as well as a number of watches with the American twenty dollar gold pieces from the 19th century. And while the Jaeger-Lecoultre Revero is not entirely a “secret” watch like Asaps Rockys Bulgari, the dial is actually hidden behind the fallback if it is the other way around-in this case to protect it from faulty polo ball.

Another main example for a secret clock comes from Bulgari itself: The high jewelry versions of his famous Serpenti sometimes hide the dial in the head of the snake. Vintage Patek Cocktail watches from the middle of the 20th century also sometimes cover the watch leaf behind gemstone set cover, as well as pieces by Omega, van Cleef & Arpels, Vacheron Constantin and others. A more contemporary example is from Cartier: While his reflection de Cartier does not completely hide the dial from the point of view, the design, which uses a mirror at an end of a bracelet-like cuff to return the dial to the viewer, the time.

“Secret Watches” are a highly specific category for half-adscure clock that is available at the interface of horology and jewelry-and they are seriously cool. A $ AP Rocky knows that and ensures a Sartorial moment in Cannes that exceeds the more typical watch spot. If you long for your own monette watch, you can contact the brand directly … Although you have to ask yourself how many 2,000-year-old silver Denarii from Caracalla lies around the brand.