The discreet design of the Caligula watch makes the erotic concept the owner’s secret. That top dial features an arch-shaped aperture that – when it reaches the scene – reveals the erotic painting beneath. Above the scene is a guilloche dial in the pattern of fishnet stockings.
also offers an erotic watch, but instead of placing the erotic scene on the watch caseback, it is actually portrayed in hand-painted enamel on a lower dial. Andersen Genève achieves this via a Swiss movement with an independent wheel work that drives the automaton for up to two minutes. Each automaton features up to 11 moving parts. In total there are nine different types of designs one can choose from to have his or her own erotic watch created. With a push of the button at 8:00, the figurines of the automaton go into motion – all of the figurines including a tiny dog that is nearby. Turn it over and one of the most complicated erotic automaton - in a libertine love scene - is revealed. The Andersen Eros watch, which retails for about $60,000 depending on the complexity of the automaton and on the dial, is a two-sided watch, with the front dial in lavish lacquer. Svend Andersen, an independent watchmaker with his own brand, Andersen Geneve, also creates erotic automaton watches of superior technology.
This is one of a bespoke offering the brand creates- each individually and unique for clients - meaning pricing can fluctuate depending on the order, but this piece retails for just over $400,000. The figures are automatons and are activated by the repeater function. The erotic scene on the caseback is exquisitely hand engraved and depicts a Classical era musician behind a female muse on a lavish bed. 00232-3631-55B Minute Repeater Carrousel watch features a grand feu enamel dial in white with an aperture for viewing the carrousel.
Choosing to discreetly display its erotic scene on the case back. Just 28 pieces will be built in rose gold and 28 in platinum, with prices starting at about $99,000.īlancpain takes a different route with its erotic timepiece. The hand-sculpted gold figures move in rhythm as the Hourstriker chimes the time. By utilizing jaquemarts (automatons) that bring the romance of Venice to life, the watch features a miniature painting of Venice on the dial with a pair of lovers sculpted in gold in the upper portion of the dial. Ulysse Nardin, for instance, revealed its sensual side earlier this year by unveiling the Hourstriker Erotica Jarretie’re.
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Some, however, continue to use automatons to depict the act of love in full glory on the dial. Today, only the finest luxury watch brands venture into the erotic world – often depicting the erotica on casebacks. The timepiece was a repeating musical watch with four actions with concealed erotic automaton playing at will. Among the highlights of the sale was Lot 187, Henry Capt, Musique d’Amour, selling for just over $210,000. In fact, in an auction held a few years ago in Geneva by Antiquorum, a lot of 30+ erotic watches owned by a private collector went up for sale, with many selling for tens of thousands of dollars. Nonetheless many found their way to market over the centuries – much like the poses and prose in the famed Kama Sutra. Often going against the grain of certain moral or ethical codes, these watches were sometimes banned or confiscated. While the whimsical watch is an updated take on eroticism, with just 30 pieces ever being made, it is destined to be a temptress at auctions in years to come.Įrotic timepieces are an important part of watchmaking history.
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The timepiece is a play on words with a mix-and-match concept of various sensual and sexy phrases on the dial, from which one can choose to display a series of different messages. Interestingly, Mille’s watch is really not what one would call erotic in the true sense of the word. The watch, slated to be out in December, will sell for a whopping $750,000 - no small amount of money for a watch designed to tease and please. Just recently, we introduced you to luxury watch brand Richard Mille’s RM 69 Erotic Tourbillon.
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