Imperium Onyx Noir Jewellery Watch · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 0 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: signature band.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
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House · Z-Vibe Imperium
Onyx-black marble dial under a diamond-set gold bezel, the Bogolan mudcloth grid engraved into the case flanks and the folding clasp.
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Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Imperium Onyx Noir Jewellery Watch yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Onyx-black marble dial under a diamond-set gold bezel, the Bogolan mudcloth grid engraved into the case flanks and the folding clasp.
Made up in Gold-finished case, diamond bezel, onyx marble dial, engraved Bogolan mudcloth case flanks, sapphire crystal.
Registered in 3 colourways: Onyx Noir / Gold, Noir Or, Graphite / Gold.
Sized 34mm–42mm across the run.
Filed under Women · Z-Vibe Imperium Joaillerie Horlogerie as Women accessories, carried on the House · Z-Vibe Imperium line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-WOMEN-IMPERIUM-HORLOGERIE-IMPERIUM-ONYX-NOIR-JEWELLERY-WATCH
Mudcloth in camel & espresso — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Matching zip pouch cut from the same panel.
Story behind the design
Fila-ni mudcloth in camel & espresso, worked into the signature band.
camel & espresso
ZB-FILA-CAM-213
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strips joined into a panel, then bonded to a vegetable-tanned backing. It is dyed with a n'gallama leaf bath, then river-mud fermentation over three passes — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets gold-finished case.
The tape carries paired diagonals folding into one another. In the Bamana reading, Fila-ni is two paths that meet — the House reading of Different Roots, One Human Story. Z-Vibe keeps the motif at heritage scale rather than shrinking it into a logo pattern, so the hand of the maker stays legible on the finished piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: signature band. These are the lines the eye already follows on this silhouette, so the cloth reads as structure — an edge, a facing, a seam — and holds its meaning at three metres and at arm's length alike.
Each length is hand-turned and pick-stitched in silk thread, then pressed over a ham so the tape sits flat, not glued. Tape width and motif repeat are cut to the size band, so a petite run and an extended run carry the same proportion rather than the same measurement.
African heritage, global luxury, future design: the mudcloth is set against European finishing and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark. Nothing is erased on either side — the meeting is the design. Different Roots. One Human Story.
Care · Spot-clean the mudcloth with cool water and a soft cloth. Dry-clean the body of the piece; the tape is colour-set but not bleach-safe.
Each step below reflects work that actually exists for this piece. Refinement is a design process — it does not imply the piece is production-released.
Owner-approved design board intakeComplete
The signed design board was registered as the source of truth; silhouette, Bogolan placement and hardware were locked from it.
Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete
Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Watch Cut (ZG-1845) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, longitudinal rail flutes with a scalloped braking heel, asymmetric anatomical last shaped to the natural toe splay, stack 34 mm heel / 22 mm forefoot, 12 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, aged-gold aglets, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Tread, last and stack height were made unique to the shoe rather than shared across the register.
Bogolan signature verificationComplete
Mudcloth was confirmed as a construction detail (laces, panel, tongue or heel band) and not surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark was placed.
Z-Studio 4K refinement passNot yet run
No refinement output released yet — this page reads the approved board unretouched.
Seven-view studio captureNot yet run
No angle has been shot yet; all 7 views read the design board.
Cut in Gold-finished case with diamond bezel, onyx marble dial, engraved Bogolan mudcloth case flanks, sapphire crystal. Balanced proportions, hand-finished edges, everyday weight.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 signature band \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z clasp at the Circular gold Z medallion at the closure, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
Courage, cut clean.
Bogolan SignatureIn development
Reference study · not yet for sale
This piece is documented from an atelier design board. It is shown for reference only while the house completes its photography, sizing and release. Purchase, pricing and availability appear here once the owner approves the finished piece.
Readiness · 1 of 8 complete
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