MECHANICALS
ALEXANDER SHOROKHOFF
ALEXANDER SHOROKHOFF SEES YOU WITH CRAZY EYES
Alexander Shorokhoff honors Austrian artist Gustav Klimt with Crazy Eyes , a chronograph dominated by a colorful dial and its two eyelike orbs . While these orbs replace the running seconds and chronograph minute subdials , additional ‘ eyes ’ seem to bounce around a dial further animated with colorful shapes and colors .
The German-based Alexander Shorokhoff is also celebrating its 30th anniversary with Crazy Eyes , which could also describe how the Russian-born independent watchmaker often approaches creating his company ’ s watch dials . You might recall his Kandy and Levels models , just two of the colorful and Pop-Art-influenced watches included within the brand ’ s Avant-Garde collection .
Shorokhoff says that the “ eyes ” on this new watch ’ s dial are meant to “ transmit a sense of joy , enthusiasm and mobility , literally dancing on the scene of the shiny dial .” He combines multiple layers on the dial using different materials , including mother-of-pearl , brass and luminescence .
At the top of the dial , however , Shorokhoff retains a prominent 60 , which appears on all his designs to symbolize both the 60-second / minute position as well as the arts movements of the 1960s , where the watchmaker draws much of his inspiration .
Inside Shorokhoff fits a Russian-made Poljot caliber 3133 , which his company has partially skeletonized , hand-engraved and refined . He explains that the caliber , now discontinued , is based on the Valjoux 7734 movement and was produced at the First Moscow Watch Factory from 1976 to 2004 .
To complement the Crazy Eyes dial , Shorokhoff attaches a matching stingray strap colored bright yellow . He offers two 39mm case options , steel and plated gold , for those who want to extend the yellow color theme to the case . Each case option , however , will only be made in a limited edition of thirty pieces , with the gold-plated model priced with a $ 100 premium .
Prices : $ 2,300 ( steel case ) and $ 2,400 ( gold-plated case ).
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