Watch designer Fiona Kruger is best known for her colourful Calavera wristwatches which draw influence from the festivities of Mexico’s Day of The Dead. Now she’s branching out with the help of high-end clockmakers L’Epée 1839 to reveal a new dynamic, mechanical “yawning skull” wall clock.
One of the more stylish mechanical clocks we’ve seen, the Vanitas L’Epée 1839 by Fiona Krüger has a life all its own. When the skulls mouth is closed it means that it’s fully powered, but when it starts to yawn it’s a sign that it’s time for a wind up.
Vanitas (Colourful Edition)
The name is taken from a school of painting from the 1600s which emphasised the inevitability of death with symbolic objects and images pertaining to mortality. It’s probably best not to think that each tick of the Vanitas L’Epée 1839 brings you closer and closer to your own demise. At least it’s cool, right?
Vanitas (Dark Edition)
The Vanitas L’Epée 1839 by Fiona Krüger is available in two versions – a multi-coloured model inspired from sugar skulls used in the Mexican Day of The Dead; and one in a black PVD-coated brass finish. Both versions will be limited to 50 pieces each with a price tag of CHF 30,000.
