To commission a Century, contact us at concierge@maisonceladon.com

The current waitlist period is 6-12 months.

Each Century is made to order.

We ask for a 50% deposit on order, with the balance before delivery.

To view a close-up video of this watch, see here - Century Regulator

Pricing and Options

Century

1. Regulator 14900 USD
   
2. Cloisonné 14900 USD

Options

1. Breguet Overcoil 2000 USD
2. Handmade Hands 2000 USD
3. Bespoke Dial 3000 USD

We are able to accept payments in both USD or SGD.

About Celadon Haute Horlogerie

• Celadon Haute Horlogerie (Celadon HH) was founded with the sacred mission of creating the very finest Chinese watches, and to establish a purist Chinese haute horlogerie marque of global renown, and in so doing, raise the prestige and reputation of Chinese watchmaking.
• The characteristics of Celadon HH watches are original and elegant design infused with the charisma and magnificence of five thousand years of Chinese history and heritage, combined with quality of materials and craftsmanship of the highest level, and the advancement of traditional Chinese artisan crafts with centuries or even millennia of history.
• As the pioneer of Chinese haute horlogerie, Celadon HH has led the way in establishing the governing tenets and characteristics that will define the high watchmaking of China in the decades and perhaps centuries to come.
• Foremost among these is an overarching trait of yuanman, or “perfection and fulfilment”, communicated through roundness and curvaceousness.
• In Chinese culture, yuanman connotes perfection, reunion with family and loved ones, a deep sense of satisfaction and contentedness, of abundant prosperity and fullness of riches.
• This pervading aura of roundness and fullness is reflected in the elegant and gentle sweeping curves in every aspect of the Century’s design.
• Whereas Swiss movements have traditionally been defined by their elaborate bridge layout, and German watchmaking by their 3/4 plate and colourful blued screws and rubies, Chinese Haute Horlogerie as pioneered and defined by Celadon HH encompasses rich colours with the rose gold 3/4 plate and chatoned rubies, roundedness and curvaceousness, and understated modesty in daring to conceal highly-finished intricate movement components.

The Celadon Century

• The Century is the first watch by Celadon HH and is meant to be an excellent base upon which to build further complications and utilise various types of exceptional dials.
• Handcrafted and assembled by AHCI master watchmaker Lin Yong Hua in his atelier, the surpassing quality of the Century is absolutely beyond all reproach.
• Designed to be the watch that will come to define Chinese high horology.
• An elegant case inspired by classical Chinese history and culture, paired with a movement exclusive to Celadon HH that is designed, created and finished by Master Lin Yong Hua (LYH).
• The vision behind the Celadon Century is to create a proudly Chinese watch of the highest quality, of wholly original design inspired by five millennia of Chinese culture and history, which would be a platform to showcase the very best of Chinese artisan crafts like enamel art, the various porcelains, silk, and gemstone carving.
• The movement itself would form the basis for a family of innovative complications developed down the line.
• The first series of the Century will be offered with cloisonné enamel dials created by Grandmaster Xiong Songtao, third generation heir to the family of enamel artisans of the Chinese imperial court.
• A regulator complication will also be offered.

Movement

• The movement, exclusive to Celadon HH, is conceived and created from the ground up by AHCI master watchmaker Lin Yong Hua specifically for the Celadon Century.
• It is a handwound design with optional Breguet overcoil.
• The movement can be finished in either rose gold or white gold according to the client’s wishes.
• The highest possible level of hand finishing is employed throughout, with perlage, bevelled countersinks, anglage on all edges, five gold chatons, and Chinese calligraphic engraving.
• Circular Chinese Scroll Stripes again evoke the characteristic of yuanman.
• AHCI Master Watchmaker Lin Yong Hua’s LYH signature is present on both the 3/4 plate and the centre wheel.
• Naturally, even the parts that are not visible to the wearer are finished magnificently, with barrel wheels bearing a sunburst finish hidden under the mainplate and an intricately-cut centre star wheel with an extremely small LYH signature.

Case

• A classically-shaped moon case, an elegant frame for the complicated dials it embodies.
• The case is round and alludes to the moon and perfection and fulfilment, all of which hold significance in traditional Chinese culture.
• The crown is wide and thin, and therefore both extremely comfortable to wind (especially given the manual movement) and elegantly flush with the case.
• The left side of the case echoes the shape of classical Chinese arch bridges, while the side with the crown alludes to the moon gate in Chinese architecture.
• Both of these architectural traits can be seen throughout China, but are most associated with the elegantly laidback Jiangnan area, comprising Suzhou and Hangzhou, the cultural heartland of China since the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago.
• The two polished lines on each side form an arch under the wings that is sandblasted for contrast, with the wings satin-brushed to create a long, gracefully majestic curved case side which flows down into the two wings that form the lugs.
• Specialised Shangjiang (上匠) case finishing developed by Celadon HH is applied throughout the case.
• The beautifully hand-finished case, with alternating brushing and polishing in 904L steel, are inspired by the grace and majesty of Classical Chinese architecture. 
• The left side of the case evokes the shape of a Chinese arch bridge often seen in the grand scholarly poetry of the West Lake, with its sweeping arch emphasising the length and voluptuousness of the Century’s lugs. 
• The polished line above the arch sweeps in an unbroken path throughout the entire length of the case, alluding to the Chinese character for “Grandeur” or 大 in seal script, and encompassing all under heaven.
• The right side of the case with the prominent crown recalls the design of the moon gates seen especially in classical Jiangnan architecture, kindling an aura of literary elegance and understated beauty reflected in the poetic majesty of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
• The crown, excellently designed in its slenderness and large diameter, is both tactile and practical while blending in seamlessly with the line of the case.

Hands

• The hands of the Century are completely handmade by Master Lin - formed by hand and polished to a magnificent shine by hand.
• Its shape, inspired by the tail feathers of a peacock, echo the roundness of yuanman and allude to the prominence of the peacock in Chinese culture as a symbol of rank and wisdom.
• Optional transition blued hands (shown on the “Peacock and Peonies” showpiece), distinctive to Celadon HH, inimitably show the artisanal nature of the heat bluing of the hands.

Customisation Possibliites

• True to the artisanal and highly customisable nature of the Century, we provide a range of finishing options for the movement.
• Colour of movement plating - rose, yellow or white gold
• Scope and design of movement finishing
• Bespoke engraving on movement
• Bespoke cloisonné dial design
• Handmade Breguet Overcoil
• Handmade hands, either fully blued, white gold-plated or transition blued
• Bespoke hand-stitched strap

Technical Details

• 45 hours power reserve
• 18000 vph
• Case diameter 42mm
• Case height 11.5mm
• Lug to lug 47.4mm
• Lug width 22mm

Contact Info

• The Century is available exclusively from Celadon HH directly.
• To discover more, email concierge@maisonceladon.com