History: A New Set of Charms

Luck is the oldest theme in the house. Jacques Arpels handed out four-leaf clovers; the Alhambra made the superstition permanent. Lucky Spring, launched in 2021, returned to that well with a seasonal twist — the symbols of winter turning to spring. The plum blossom, first to flower while snow is still on the ground. Lily of the valley, the French porte-bonheur given on the first of May. The ladybug, a luck omen across most of Europe.

It was a confident move for a house whose core collections date back decades: an entirely new motif set, not a variation on an existing one. The execution made the lineage clear anyway — small polished forms, hard-stone faces, the same finishing standards as the rest of the catalog — and the line settled quickly into the maison's everyday-wear register alongside Sweet Alhambra.

Design & Materials

Rose gold is the collection's voice — warmer than the yellow gold that dominates Alhambra, chosen to flatter the soft palette of the stones. White mother-of-pearl carries the blossom and lily motifs; carnelian gives the line its color; onyx grounds the ladybug, whose back splits black against red in the collection's most charming detail. In 2026 the maison opened a second register: yellow gold pieces introducing a butterfly motif with new ornamental stones — the line's first expansion beyond rose gold.

The motifs are small and sculptural rather than flat — petals carry dimension, the ladybug is modeled in the round. That makes surface finishing the quality marker here: genuine pieces show flawless polish across compound curves, with stone inlays seated precisely into shaped gold rather than flat bezels.

The Formats That Matter

Pendants and single-motif bracelets lead the line, mirroring the entry formats that work so well for Sweet Alhambra. Ear studs — often sold as deliberately mismatched pairs, one motif each — are the collection's most distinctive format. Between the Finger rings and multi-motif bracelets carrying several symbols round out the range, and the 2026 yellow gold additions — a long necklace, five-motif bracelet, clip, Between the Finger ring, and earrings — brought the butterfly into every core format. The mixed-motif pieces are the ones collectors gravitate to: the full luck vocabulary on one wrist.

Market Context

As a 2021 launch, Lucky Spring is early in its secondary-market life — supply is thinner than for the established collections and pieces tend to arrive in close-to-new condition with boxes and papers intact. Demand has tracked the broader strength of the maison's small-format pieces. Counterfeiters have begun to copy the line, predictably starting with the ladybug. Documentation matters disproportionately for young collections, and we weight it accordingly in review.