{"id":2087120,"date":"2026-09-22T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=2087120"},"modified":"2026-09-28T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:51:16","slug":"pequignet-78-diamonds-royale-paris-glacier-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2026\/09\/22\/pequignet-78-diamonds-royale-paris-glacier-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Pequignet Adds 78 Diamonds to the Royale Paris for a Discreet Glacier Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The French manufacture declines its jewellery watch in a colourway designed for elegance rather than sparkle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new colourway, not a new watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Manufacture Pequignet presents a new version of the Royale Paris 36 mm: the Bleu Glacier Sertie, its bezel lit up with 78 diamonds to enhance this new colourway. The move follows a logic of range extension rather than technical novelty: the case and movement remain those of the existing Royale Paris, only the colour-bezel combination changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Maison, the softness of this hue, the delicacy of the diamonds and the elegant line of the Royale Paris come together in a discreet, refined watch, explicitly claiming discretion as its argument rather than the ostentation usually associated with diamond-set pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pequignet, a still-rare French manufacture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1973 by \u00c9mile Pequignet, the manufacture has built itself an identity as an independent French watchmaking brand, a rare positioning in a sector largely dominated by Swiss groups. The Royale Paris, one of its emblematic lines, regularly offers diamond-set versions aimed at a female clientele seeking a jewellery watch rather than a pure timekeeping instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This type of seasonal variation, common among mid-sized manufactures, renews attention to an existing model without the development costs of a new calibre or new case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

French manufactures facing Swiss competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pequignet belongs to a small number of French watchmaking manufactures still active, in a sector where Switzerland concentrates the vast majority of global production and renown. This rarity is both an asset for differentiation \u2014 being able to claim French craftsmanship in a market dominated by Swiss codes \u2014 and a commercial constraint, as the brand must build its reputation without benefiting from the momentum of the great Swiss watchmaking houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diamond-set variations such as this Royale Paris Bleu Glacier feed into this differentiation strategy by betting on discreet elegance rather than technical demonstration, a positioning aimed at a clientele more attuned to aesthetics and the product’s French origin than to pure chronometric performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 36 mm diameter, more modest than the men’s cases now common on the watch market, confirms that this Bleu Glacier Sertie version is aimed above all at a female clientele in search of a reasonably sized jewellery watch, rather than a piece designed to compete on complications or technical legibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The French manufacture declines its jewellery watch in a colourway designed for elegance rather than sparkle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":2078925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watches-and-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}