RING it in

Boucheron’ four-banded Quatre turns 20 this year. With countless variations on its form, the collection is the house’s modern icon of craftsmanship, imagination and stylish versatility.

- GORDON NG

How do you combine over a century and a half’s worth of history and heritage into a design that captures both the moment and the future? That’s a question you could well pose to the Parisian high jewellery house Boucheron, which did exactly that in 2004 when it introduced its Quatre collection.

Quatre, simply French for ‘four’, is a sublimation of house codes pieced together in an ingenious way. The design is made up of four distinct bands of gold, weighing no less than 13.88 grams total, each crafted and finished differently. One end is framed by a fluted grosgrain pattern that evokes the ribbed texture of silk ribbons. Couture-inspired details and designs are a rich part of Boucheron’s archives thanks to its founder’s legacy as the son of a draper.