The rainbow colors would not exist without black and white. The sun light, by decomposition transforms its white in a spectrum of 7 colors whilst black allows to create multiple nuances. White stands for peace, cleansing, illumination, purity, innocence and the highest understanding. White is affiliated with the planets Mercury and the Moon and the numbers one and six; its zodiac sign is Virgo
Black is required for all other colors to have depth and variation of hue - it's a forceful feature and represents formality, dignity, force and convention.
Black is affiliated with the planets Saturn and Pluto and with the numbers 0 and 8; its zodiac signs are Capricorn and Scorpio.
Sober and with instant elegance, the Tortue Black and Tortue White models celebrate the new Sculptures of Time from Claude Meylan.
The stainless steel case, completed with a see-through back and sapphire crystal houses the manual-winding Calibre 165 movement, entirely skeletonized and coloured by ruthenium treatment. It beats at 18'000 A/h, has a 42-hour power reserve and displays the hours and minutes.
The watches are dressed with a natural mat rubber strap.
