Fancy owning a Van Gogh? Or perhaps something more contemporary from Keith Haring and Damien Hirst? Well, of course, you can. Thanks to Swatch, not only are the works by these famous artists far less fiscally prohibitive for everyone, they are also, by nature, gratifyingly portable, allowing you to share your tastes and interest in art everywhere you go.
The notion of watches as works of art, while ingrained in horological psyche, has always been associated with luxury watchmaking. Lofty marques are quick to extol their watches’ mechanical and decorative beauty, inviting us to ruminate over them, as we would a painting or sculpture. Unfortunately for most, these wrist-bound works of art are often just as