Aventurine: the story of this starry watch face.

Aventurine: The Celestial Vault Captured at the Heart of Our Sundials

A symbol of dreams and mystery, aventurine is a material that captivates the eye and the imagination. Its deep blue, flecked with thousands of sparkling fragments, instantly evokes the infinite and poetic beauty of a starry night. At Charlie Paris, this glass stone is much more than a simple dial: it is an invitation to travel, a fragment of the cosmos worn on the wrist, embodying both artisanal craftsmanship and poetic elegance. We chose this unique material to enhance our new model, the Initial Day/Night Aventurine , a timepiece that celebrates the cycle of time with unparalleled grace.

A Birth "By Adventure": The Venetian Story

The story of aventurine, or "star glass", is as beautiful as it is accidental. It begins in the 17th century on the island of Murano, near Venice, a land favored by glass masters.

Legend has it that this is where a craftsman accidentally dropped fragments of copper into a vat of molten glass. The result? A new material with magical, unpredictable reflections, giving birth to the dazzling Goldstone. It is not a natural rock, but the product of human alchemy, where glass is infused with crystalline inclusions. This process, kept secret for centuries, gives aventurine an incomparable brilliance, known as aventurescence, which recreates the effect of stars in the twilight.

The Initial Day/Night Aventurine: The Poetry of Complication

For our new Initial Day/Night Aventurine , this choice is far from arbitrary. This watch, designed to distinguish daytime from nighttime hours thanks to its rotating disc, finds its ideal setting in aventurine. The deep blue dial echoes the darkness of the sky, while the copper micro-particles illuminate the wrist with their thousands of sparkles, reminiscent of the evening constellations.

The Horological Dream: This marriage of the Day/Night complication and the brilliance of aventurine transforms telling the time into a moment of pure contemplation. It is the perfect union of precision mechanics and celestial aesthetics.

One Dial, One Work of Art: Working with aventurine requires great delicacy. Cutting, polishing, and inserting this fragile material into a watch case is an art that demands patience and horological expertise. Because the distribution of the glitter is random, each dial is absolutely unique, offering you a piece unlike any other.

A Radiance to Wear Every Day

Aventurine is more than just a material for us: it's the expression of our love for rich stories and exceptional craftsmanship. The Initial Day/Night Aventurine follows in the footsteps of our creations: designed and assembled in France in our Parisian workshop, it embodies the meeting of watchmaking heritage and contemporary elegance. The midnight blue of the dial harmonizes with understated sophistication, while offering an unexpected and luminous touch of character. Aventurine is not just a color, it's a feeling. A radiance to wear every day, a reminder that beauty can arise from simple chance.