Forever only in the foreground
One motorcycle. One opal. One design. Created once. Existing forever as the only one of its kind in the world.
CREATED
2024
Bologna, Italy in Ducati factory
EDITION
One of One
No another will ever be made
RECOGNITION
Ducati Calendar 2025
1 of 12 top Ducati Unica project
DESIGN
Red Dot Award
Brand Design & Identity 2025
The Three Pillars
Three things of extraordinary value. One object.
This motorcycle is not defined by a single remarkable quality. It is the convergence of three each one alone enough to make something worth remembering. Together, they make something that cannot be repeated.
1. THE OPAL
A gemstone of incalculable value hand-mined from the oldest opal mines in the world, mounted in a bespoke 80-gram gold jewel with 201 natural diamonds. A stone that kings have carried since the 15th century.
2. THE MOTORCYCLE
One of the most powerful production motorcycles ever built the Ducati Panigale V4R transformed into a fully custom collector’s machine inside the Bologna factory, by Ducati’s own master craftsmen.
3. THE DESIGN
Every surface of the motorcycle reimagined through the Henry of Paris trademarked design language the same award-winning ornamental system, applied with precision to every detail of the machine.
Pillar one
The Opal - heart of the machine.
The Gemstone
The first Ducati ever adorned with a living gemstone.
The Henry opal was hand-mined at the Dubník Opal Mines in Slovakia the oldest and largest opal mines in the world, operating since the 15th century. An 80-gram gold emblem was crafted around it, set with 201 natural diamonds. Together, they form the living heart of the motorcycle a piece of jewellery that can exceed 237 horsepower.
Henry
NAME
10.1.2022
MINED
3.56 ct
WEIGHT
Excelent
POLISHING
Multicolor
COLOUR
Custom
SHAPE
Dubník, Slovakia
ORIGIN
A gemstone of incalculable value and the most powerful jewel ever set inside a motorcycle.
The Opal's history
Napoleon, Shakespeare, and Henry of Paris have something in common.
Opals from the Dubník mines have been worn by the defining figures of history for six centuries. The Henry opal continues that lineage carried now by the most extraordinary machine it has ever inhabited.
Pillar two
The Machine - 100 years of Ducati, concentrated into one.
The Ducati legacy
Beastly performance. Unique components. One collector.
Ducati represents 100 years of historical and cultural heritage, and a multiple winner of the prestigious MotoGP. The Henry of Paris motorcycle was custom-made in the Bologna factory from carefully selected parts, components, and materials hand-assembled by Ducati’s own master craftsmen.
998 cc
DISPLACEMENT
237 hp
ENGINE POWER
118 nm
TORQUE
193,5 kg
WEIGHT
RECOGNITION
Chosen by Ducati for the 2025 Calendar
Ducati selects 12 motorcycles each year for their official calendar machines that represent the pinnacle of what the brand has ever produced. The Henry of Paris Panigale V4R was chosen as one of those 12.
Pillar Three
The Design - a language spoken in every detail.
The Henry of Paris design language
Not applied to the motorcycle. Woven into it.
Every surface of the Panigale V4R was reimagined through the Henry of Paris trademarked ornamental system the same geometric design language, rooted in Art Déco precision, that carries a Red Dot Award for Brand Design & Identity.
The design does not decorate the motorcycle. It transforms it. A machine known for pure performance becomes, simultaneously, an object of undeniable aesthetic authority without compromising a single element of either.
The Ornamental system
The 26-element Henry of Paris alphabet the complete ornamental language carried on every surface of the motorcycle.
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The most demanding test of a design system is what it does to a Ducati.
In 2024, Henry of Paris and Ducati created something that has never existed before and never will again. A Panigale V4R, hand-crafted in the Bologna factory, carrying every element of the Henry of Paris design language on one of the world's most recognisable machines.
Private acquisition
For the collector who understands what this is.
The Ducati Panigale V4R Henry of Paris is not offered for sale in the conventional sense. Its value financial, historical, and aesthetic is not expressed in a price listed on a page.
If you are considering this acquisition, we invite you to begin a private conversation. All inquiries are treated with complete discretion.
