{"id":617084,"date":"2026-04-20T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617084\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:43:08","slug":"francesca-amfitheatrof-launches-creative-studio-with-diamond-set-huawei-smartwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617084\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Amfitheatrof Launches Creative Studio With Diamond-set Huawei Smartwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWATCH THIS SPACE: Francesca Amfitheatrof<\/a> is back and ready to make a splash.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe designer is launching Amfitheatrof Studio, a creative studio that will work across a wide spectrum, ranging from fine and high jewelry to furniture and technology<\/a> \u2014 with a high-end Huawei smartwatch<\/a> as her first design.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGouach\u00e9 of the Huawei Watch Ultimate Design Spring Edition<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Amfitheatrof Studio<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a physical studio in New York City, its approach is \u201crooted in blue-sky thinking, moving beyond expected forms and categories to create jewelry and objects that introduce a new level of desirability, exclusivity, and meaning,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt offers fully integrated, end-to-end service, encompassing creative direction, concept development, CAD design, 3D modeling and 3D printing.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmfitheatrof was most recently artistic director of watches and jewelry at Louis Vuitton, a position she held for seven years before exiting in March 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tPrior to that, the Tokyo-born, Central Saint Martins-trained designer was design director for watches and jewelry at Tiffany & Co. and also through her career, imagined tabletop and lifestyle objects for brands including Wedgwood, Alessi and Garrard. She also designed furniture for French-Vietnamese interior designer Muriel Brandolini.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst out of the gate for Amfitheatrof Studio is the Huawei Watch Ultimate Design Spring Edition, a high-end smartwatch<\/a> unveiled at the Chinese tech company\u2019s annual keynote event on Monday and part of its ultra-premium wearables offering.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAmfitheatrof wearing her smartwatch design.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Amfitheatrof Studio<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe world\u2019s first wristwatches were made for women as objects of beauty, just like jewels,\u201d said the designer. It\u2019s design is inspired by \u201cthe vitality of spring\u201d and nature\u2019s exuberant blooming \u2014 and the mathematical Fibonacci sequence that governs leaf and branch arrangements, seed placements and even the structure of beehives.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe watch\u2019s features therefore include elements nodding to the golden ratio, on the physical watch and its digital watch faces. Set with 99 natural diamonds on its integrated bracelet and on the face \u2014 at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o\u2019clock \u2014 the device has a sapphire face with a faceted bezel edge, a case made of titanium alloy and a ceramic back.<\/p>\n

\n\tPriced at 29,999 renminbi, or $4,400 at current exchange, the Huawei Watch Ultimate Design Spring Edition will be released on May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WATCH THIS SPACE: Francesca Amfitheatrof is back and ready to make a splash. The designer is launching Amfitheatrof…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,231906,226,61],"class_list":["post-617084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-francesca-amfitheatrof","tag-smartwatch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}