Takashi Murakami Time Objects Skull Flowers Cylindrical Jumping Hours Tourbillon
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami has launched his own watch brand, Time Objects, debuting with the Skull Flowers Cylindrical Jumping Hours Tourbillon. This unconventional Swiss-made mechanical watch features a Grade 5 titanium skull case and a unique time display with jumping hours and a trailing minutes disc. The collection is developed with Marco Tedeschi and explores themes of life and death through Murakami's signature artistic motifs.
- Limited to 12 pieces for Black Rainbow and All Black versions
- Price from CHF 85,000
- 44mm diameter case
- 18.4mm thickness
- Grade 5 titanium case
- 30m water resistance
- Calibre KM 7012 TM hand-wound movement
- 125-hour power reserve
The skull case design was refined from over 600 explored shapes and is constructed from 33 components.
Murakami's smiling flowers, mounted on a ball-bearing system, rotate in the eye sockets with wrist movement and are purely decorative.
Time is read via a lateral aperture at six o'clock, with hours on a rotating cylinder that jumps instantly and minutes on a trailing disc.
The hand-wound KM 7012 TM movement comprises 409 components and 81 jewels, beating at 21,600 vibrations/hour.
A tourbillon is located at 12 o'clock on the reverse side, with the bridge shaped like a flower.
The watch is presented in five versions: Black Rainbow and All Black (each limited to 12 pieces), and three gem-set variants.
The pairing of skulls and flowers in the design references Murakami's recurring theme of life and death coexisting.
The cylindrical jumping hours display is described as the first of its kind, featuring a 24-hour scale.