here will only ever be one piece, as it was born from the imagination of a single collector. Jaquet Droz brought this vision to life. The Tourbillon Skull Pink Pointillism is a meeting of minds. On the one side, a lover of fine watchmaking who has pushed the boundaries of tradition to create their own. On the other, a master watchmaker with expertise in this tradition dating back over 250 years, today offering a vision of Disruptive Legacy that straddles the centuries and the arts to produce unique pieces of great beauty.

At the heart of the piece lies the Jaquet Droz Tourbillon Skull movement, an original creation that is a skeletonised, atomised version of the famous figure-of-eight design. At the top is the tourbillon, mirroring the off-centred hours and minutes at 6 o’clock. Over the suspended skeleton architecture, a hand-sculpted and hand-painted 18-karat gold skull offers an unnerving interpretation of the saying “tempus fugit”. The piece conveys the passage of time with the skull, a classic element of still life, combining it with the brightest and happiest of colours, a bold, striking pink.

Within its intense black ceramic case, a gold Skull – hand-engraved and hand-painted with more than 3000 dots in vibrant pink – is showcased to explosive effect. Irreverent and elusive, the piece is driven by a proprietary tourbillon movement, with an impressive power reserve of eight days.

What truly makes it stand out is a technique dear to the Jaquet Droz artisans: pointillism. Almost all of the skull is covered with dots of paint – more than 3000 in total – individually applied by hand with brushes, some of which have only a single bristle. The shades of pink enhance the geometry of the calibre, a modern, structured design which highlights both the material and the movement, and the spaces between. With perfect harmony, this composition is set inside a ceramic case of an uncompromising and intense black, which reinforces the contrast with the pink of the skull and the textured rubber strap that accompanies it.

Price: CHF 181,000 (VAT incl.)

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