Dior Tête de Mort revisits Memento Mori and Carpe Diem precepts

  A new Dior High Jewelry reminds us that the purpose of life is taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Three Dior rings and three necklaces in yellow, rose and white gold compose this Tête de Mort jewelry collection which reinterprets the “Memento Mori” … Read more

Gucci dances with death in high-glamour horror show

Alessandro Michele delivers a song of fire and ice at a spooky Provençal necropolis

Zannetti Skull 2017 – A glamorous pocket watch

2017 Baselworld: The skull, a “must” of the watchmaking. The skull, being elected by all nowadays teenagers as their favourite break-with-tradition expressive element, actually exists in watchmaking since a long time. There is certainly a long-lasting tradition of “memento mori” watches in history: stories are told that even Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland, spent her … Read more

L’Epée 1839 skull By Kostas Metaxas displays the time in the sockets of the eye

The equation of life is a fragile balance between time and happiness lived from birth to death. This special kinetic sculpture tells the time… and it celebrates life. L’Epée 1839, the Swiss specialist of high-end kinetic clocks, partners with magazine editor, film producer, art and technology enthusiast Kostas Metaxas for a kinetic sculpture that tells … Read more

Wearable art: U10 Tourbillon Calavera

The U10 Tourbillon Calavera pays tribute to the old tradition of Mexican Calaveras, the artistic representations of a human skull. Almost two years since its unveiling and the Angelus Watches’ U10 Tourbillon Lumière still fascinates. From the earliest days of its conception, the U10 Tourbillon Lumie`re was imagined as a piece of wearable mechanical art. Now, … Read more