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to have access to the brand new high-jewellery collections, which he would be responsible for selling worldwide, except in the Bulgari stores. A fantastic field of opportunities opened up before the young man, but when Gianni Bulgari left the company, Gruosi decided to follow suit and create de Grisogono. After acquiring considerable experience as a jeweller, Fawaz Gruosi chose to enter the world of watchmaking by introducing his first-ever watch at Baselworld. He called it ‘InstrumentoN° Uno’ and it was only the first in a series of successes. De Grisogono has since launched over 26 collections within the last 12 years, all distinguishing themselves on exclusive and original designs. Today, de GRISOGONO is the proud owner of 16 boutiques and has one of the world’s best-qualified teams of jewellery craftsmen, all of whom are trained at giving concrete expression to Fawaz Gruosi’s ideas by creating high-quality jewellery characterised by the perfect harmony of shapes and dimensions. Fawaz Gruosi has always been inventive. Neither gemmologist nor designer, he owes his success to his passion, to his curiosity and, no doubt, to his genuine creative talent. Avoiding fashionable gimmicks, he plays with trends, sometimes against the tide, only listening to his inspiration. “Everything I see around me, in nature or in everyday objects, is a source of inspiration,” he confides. Tondo by Night Part of the current collection, the Tondo by Night range of wristwatches is a real talking point and a truly innovative creation. The watches, available in a range of colours, lights up from the inside, thanks to condensed light held in the ultra-secret composition of the material from which the case and the buckle are made: a composite known as “Pearly Photo-luminescent Fibreglass”, exclusive to de Grisogono and strewn withmother-of-pearl particles. Thus illuminated, the colours shine and highlight the precious stones crowning the watch. The effect is highly original, enhanced by other precious stones carpeting the self-winding mechanism that is visible through the dial, beneath the hands pointing to the time. The grain of the stones echoes the grain of the “galuchat” stingray hide from which the strap of the Tondo by Night is crafted. In darkness the watch glows from the inside due to the ‘charged’ nature of the pearly high-techmaterial of which it is made. The Tondo by Night is a collection that is at once playful, luxurious and technical, combining the refined art of gemsetting with the technical sophistication of an exclusive in-house movement. The engine of the watch was developed to display a gemset oscillating weight on the front side and so the watch sparkles both by day and by night. 9 4 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I