There's a Chinese Fable Behind Hysek's Diamond Watch

The men's pieces are representative of the avant-garde side of watchmaking design that emerged in the early 2000s, with supersized, curved rectangular cases, some with side-mounting movements The company introduced a ladies' collection, the Kalysta, in 2002 with equally unconventional design cues, including eccentric diamond applications and mechanical movements with complications The theme here is a reference to "The Butterfly Lovers," a Chinese legend about tragic lovers Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai who, forbidden by their parents to marry, metamorphize into butterflies and fly away together.

Two diamond-set butterflies on the bracelet, one on each side of the case, represent the two lovers in flight The side of the bracelet, along with the case side and bezel, are snow-set with 3,220 diamonds weighing 19.58 carats The 39 mm, 18-karat white gold case can also transform, like the lovers that inspired it, to be worn strapless by removing the bracelet altogether and attaching a conversion piece that turns it into a brooch.

On a ladies' timepiece, watch companies like to refer to it as a poetic complication, since the movement drives a decorative element, adding to the romantic narrative of this timepiece. . Source