ISOLDE Gents/Ladies Watch
SKU:
rovE509
CA$115.00
CA$115.00
per item
Gold-plated case, dustproof construction, 1.25 ins (33mm), Japanese quartz movement, 2 year battery, stainless steel back, dark green leather band with lizard pattern. Mirror finished etched dial of a pair of interlaced swans symbolising the tragic love story of Isolde and Tristan.
A symbol of continunity, interlacing knotwork is found in the Books of Kells and Durrow, and the Lindisfarne Gospels (7th and 8th centuries), also on the ornamental slab stones and metal works of this period. The elaborate Zoomorphic interlace was developed by the Irish monks, along with scrolls, spirals and motifs.
Isolde: (Iseult, Isola, Yseult):
An Irish princess, Isolde fell in love with Tristan on her way to marry King Mark of Cornwall. To meet Tristan in secret, Isolde's faithful maid replaced her in the royal bed. However the King later discovered them sleeping together but mercifully all he did was exchange his sword for Tristan's. Tristan left for Brittany where he married unhappily. Later, in reponse to his plea to help heal his battle wounds, she sailed to Brittany but his jealous wife convinced him that Isolde did not come so he killed himself. Isolde died of a broken heart.
Manufactured by Rovada
Isolde: (Iseult, Isola, Yseult):
An Irish princess, Isolde fell in love with Tristan on her way to marry King Mark of Cornwall. To meet Tristan in secret, Isolde's faithful maid replaced her in the royal bed. However the King later discovered them sleeping together but mercifully all he did was exchange his sword for Tristan's. Tristan left for Brittany where he married unhappily. Later, in reponse to his plea to help heal his battle wounds, she sailed to Brittany but his jealous wife convinced him that Isolde did not come so he killed himself. Isolde died of a broken heart.
Manufactured by Rovada
