When Couture Meets Watchmaking: The New ROTORIS Manifesta Pietersite in Collaboration with Shantnu Nikhil

The ROTORIS Manifesta collection has put forth the Manifesta Pietersite, a timepiece forged with a stone chosen for the distinct presence it lends to both wearer and observer. Marking the Maison's collaboration with couture designers Shantnu Nikhil, the watch brings together two creative disciplines. Having spent two decades redefining India's design vocabulary, the designers join forces with ROTORIS to create an expression of watchmaking and couture that blends the shared craftsmanship and bespoke exclusivity of both worlds.

A Dial with its Own Presence

ROTORIS has built a reputation for defying conventional dial-making, crafting highly distinctive dials from semi-precious stones that demand exceptional precision due to their inherent characteristics and structure. For this collaboration with designers Shantnu Nikhil, the Maison chose pietersite.

A new pattern reveals itself as light strikes the dial from different angles, since it's the stone’s own arrangement of mineral lining. The velvety stone tells time with faceted and ball pin hour markers while the open heart reveals the balanced wheel in motion framed by the ROTORIS wordmark and the open heart bridge in solid 18k rose gold. The dial comes housed in a 34 and a 44 mm variant, crafted in solid 18k rose gold. Powering the dial beneath is the Japanese Miyota 82S0 automatic mechanical movement with an approximate power reserve of 42 hours and perfecting the dial to fit on the wrist is a strap that comes in two variants, lizard and crocodile.

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For Shantnu Nikhil, the structure matters as much as ornamentation does and their philosophy found another expression with this collaboration, which is not merely about creating another timepiece but creating a blend of like-mindedness of two distinct categories of design, which would bring about a rather unique and parallel redefinition of both watchmaking and couture.

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