A SUMMER STORY
IN HYDRA

An island with no cars and its own time — slow mornings, long dinners, and white gold in the Aegean light.

On location · Hydra, Greece · 2026

Slow Mornings

Hydra town seen from the hillside, terracotta roofs in evening light — The town from above · Hydra

Café terrace under a lemon tree on a Hydra street — A table under the lemon tree

Morning swim at a quiet Hydra cove, boats at anchor — A swim before breakfast

Hydra brass sun sculpture overlooking the harbor — The Hydra sun · Port horizon

Perched above the crashing waves of the Aegean, a tiny stone slaughterhouse becomes the setting for Apollo Wind Spinner.

Suspended between sea, sun and stone, the work creates a “metaphysical dialogue between the contemporary and ancient”, where Hydra’s timeless landscape meets a distinctly modern form.

In many ways, it perfectly captures the spirit of SOLERA, rooted in generations of jewelry craftsmanship, yet always looking toward a new era of design.

Close detail of Hydra brass sun sculpture — THE ISLAND'S EMBLEM

Ring and enamel band with Hydra sun sculpture at dusk — GOLD LIGHT AT DUSK · HYDRA 2026

Cactus and hillside above Hydra in early morning light — First light on the hill

Nova Chroma bangle resting on a prickly pear cactus in golden light — Caught in between summer heat

No Cars, No GPS

There are no cars on Hydra, no GPS to follow. Only donkeys, water taxis and your own two feet. You stop navigating and start wandering — the island decides where you go, and it is always right.

Man with horse at Hydra harbor — Arrival at the harbor

Traditional Hydra water taxi at the harbor — The way home · Hydra harbor

Hands reaching across the sea taxi railing — Hand to hand · Sea taxi

Bracelet on wrist resting on a fishing net — Net, light, white gold

Art in the Light

Henry Miller and Charmian Clift wrote their summers here; painters still chase the same white light up the stone steps. Hydra has always belonged to artists — every wall a gallery, every hour a composition.

Hydra port at seven in the morning — Hydra, 7am · The port

Writer at a table on a Hydra terrace, archival black and white — A desk above the rooftops

Window grille shadow cast across a whitewashed Hydra wall — BEHIND THE SUN · KAMINI

Archival black and white photograph of swimmers on the Hydra rocks — On the rocks · Hydra, archive

Handwritten Solera quote card — From our notebook · Hydra postcard

Quote from In the Sea Caves by George Seferis at the Ghikas house, Hydra — In the Sea Caves · Ghikas house

Rattan lamp in a dark window looking out over the Hydra hillside — THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF AZZOUNA HYDRA — ONE OF THE ISLAND’S QUIETLY HIP HIDEAWAYS.

The red door of Mastoris Mansion, Hydra — Mastoris Mansion

Handwritten Seferis quote from a notebook page — From our notebook · Sea caves

Solera diamond ring resting on sunlit Hydra stone — The edge of the island

RD Nova Hydra Chroma Bangle SOL-o in yellow gold with red enamel — RD NOVA HYDRA CHROMA BANGLE (SOL-O) · 18K IN GOLD

Between Stone and Sea

Days end the way they should — late, at a table by the water. Lobster and market colour, gold on sun-warm skin, the last light held a little longer. Nobody checks the time, because there is nowhere else to be.