Artya Tesla Squelette Quadri-Rotor Watches

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed)
Jul 31st 2010 at 12:02PM

Artya has been back at the benches and watch torture machines making new artistic novelties for the world to enjoy. The new collection takes their fascination with electronic componentry further by thoroughly mixing them in with mechanical movements. The result are a few new totally unique watches that are also, piece uniques (meaning that only one of each will ever be produced). Even an artist can't ever replicate their own art exactly...

The watches feature the "tesla shocked" cases that Artya is known for, as well as the signature toad skin strap that Yvan Arpa (founder and owner of Artya) likes to use. Each case is 47mm wide in steel, and chemically colored. The resulting case and dials look like Christmas ornaments at Dr. Demento's house. The cases get the way they are by literally being shocked with lightning (produced by the Tesla coils).

As you can see, the dials look like someone rummaged through parts at a local Radio Shack that was closing down. Though I don't think that franchise made it to Geneva. All sorts of wires, capacitators, coils, etc.. are used to create the colorful, artistic look. Either you hate it or you love it, but the watches are extremely unique and certainly make a statement. The movements are Swiss ETA automatics that have been skeletonized and decorated in that... unique manner. The Artya Tesla Squelette Quadri-Rotor watches are a creative furtherance of the Artya philosophy and aesthetic.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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