This piece evokes colonnades, pools of clear water and luxuriant gardens, in homage to the mythic Hanging Gardens of Babylon. According to the legend, this token of love – considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – was a present from King Nebuchadnezzar to his wife, Queen Amytis. Cones of turquoise surrounded by buff-topped emeralds are arranged in a row, on a structure made up of columns of rose gold,white gold and baguette-cut diamonds. In the center of the piece is a baguette-cut diamond surround: at its heart, a 6.75-carat Burmese sapphire in a sugarloaf cut cleverly conceals a diamond-paved dial. The central motif can be raised at will, majestically revealing the time.