'Van Cleef & Arpels offers gem lovers an architectural tour of Italy.'

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Using gems embedded with the same density as the age-old tradition of micro-locks in Italy, this series (part of the larger Le Grand Tour collection) is a punctuated parade of romantic urban vistas - a plethora of iconic architectural elements refreshed by green leaves and blue waters.

Escale Antique Bracelet

Rome embodied Rome, decorated with images of the Colosseum and the columns of the Forum.

Bracelet "Escale Sacrée "

The "Escale Sacrée" bracelet is delicately adorned with the Florentine Duomo rising above the starry sky.

Neapolitan bracelet known as "Escale Sur La Baie "

It's a picture of''Vesuvius erupts over the shimmering Bay of Naples'

Bracelet "Escale Au Palais "

Decorated with the graphic gothic arches of the Dodge Palace and the striped columns of the gondolas.

Not surprisingly, Bos compares these bracelets to excerpts from a travel diary. Luckily for us who can't draw straight lines, Van Cleef & Arpels picked up a brush and created four masterpieces.

Price on request; vancleefarpels.com.

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