Key Highlights
- Reference 902 QZ AMORE CO CD in solid 18K rose gold
- Rectangular Long Island case: 22.9 mm wide, 40.15 mm long
- Sunburst dial with hand-set diamonds and rubies in heart motifs
- Designed, crafted, and assembled at Watchland manufacture, Genthod
- Part of Franck Muller’s dedicated women’s creative line, free from conventional form
Editorial Take
The Long Island Amore Coeur (reference 902 QZ AMORE CO CD) arrives as a direct statement about what Franck Muller believes jewellery watchmaking should be: emotionally legible without being sentimental, and technically grounded without hiding behind complication. The heart motif is one of the more difficult decorative languages to handle with restraint. Here, it is handled well.
Franck Muller’s broader catalogue spans tri-axial tourbillons and the world’s most complex wristwatch ever produced. The Amore Coeur sits at the opposite end of that spectrum in terms of mechanical ambition, yet it draws from the same source: the Watchland manufacture in Genthod, where every element is assembled by the same engineers and master watchmakers who build those grand complications. Provenance matters in this market, and this piece has it.
Design and Materials
The Long Island silhouette is among the most architecturally coherent rectangular cases in contemporary watchmaking. At 22.9 mm wide and 40.15 mm long, the Amore Coeur occupies the wrist with presence rather than dominance, its elongated lines following the natural contours of the wrist in the Art Deco tradition that has defined the collection since its origin.
The case itself is milled from a solid block of 18K rose gold. The warm chromatic register of the metal is not incidental: it frames the dial’s red and white stone arrangement with a cohesion that a white or yellow gold variant would not achieve in the same way. The Cintree Curvex Color Medley demonstrates a similar colour-led sensitivity in a different case family, but the Amore Coeur is more singular in its palette discipline.
The Dial’s Gemstone Vocabulary
1.3 diamonds and rubies are individually hand-set across the sunburst dial, each stone oriented to catch light from a slightly different angle. The result is a surface that reads differently in natural Gulf daylight versus indoor illumination, which is precisely the point of hand-setting over machine placement.
The heart motifs themselves are composed with enough geometric precision to avoid the decorative excess that afflicts lesser jewellery watches. The sunburst ground beneath provides movement and depth, ensuring the stones are not simply resting on a flat field. This level of dial construction is consistent with what Franck Muller produces across expressive pieces such as the Vanguard Crazy Hours Jisbar and the Cintree Curvex Gatsby, where surface craft is treated as seriously as movement engineering.
Market Position
Franck Muller’s position in the GCC women’s jewellery watch segment is built on precisely this category: technically manufactured, visually expressive pieces that can be worn as fine jewellery without the horological credentials being incidental. The Long Island case, with its Art Deco heritage and wrist-ergonomic engineering, carries weight with collectors who understand the difference between a jewellery watch and a watch set with jewellery.
The Amore Coeur is not a limited edition, and no retail pricing is specified in the official press communication. For collectors in the Gulf, authorised Franck Muller boutiques and registered retailers remain the appropriate point of contact for availability and pricing in the region.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the case size of the Franck Muller Long Island Amore Coeur?
The Long Island Amore Coeur measures 22.9 mm in width and 40.15 mm in length, housed in an 18K rose gold rectangular case.
What gemstones are set on the Long Island Amore Coeur dial?
The sunburst dial features hand-set 1.3 diamonds and rubies arranged in heart motifs, each stone individually placed to catch the light.
What collection does the Long Island Amore Coeur belong to?
It belongs to Franck Muller's Long Island collection, one of the manufacture's most iconic lines, characterised by a proportioned rectangular case inspired by the Art Deco era.
Where is the Franck Muller Long Island Amore Coeur made?
Every component is designed, crafted, and assembled at Franck Muller's Watchland manufacture in Genthod, Switzerland.
What makes the Long Island Amore Coeur a collectible piece for women?
The combination of solid 18K rose gold, individually hand-set diamonds and rubies, and the Art Deco Long Island silhouette positions it as a jewellery watch with genuine horological provenance rather than a fashion accessory.
