Even a watch wants to be more...

Courtesy of Girard-Perregaux

It goes without saying, amazing artists have lent their vision to the world of watch making.  And once again, the Maculoso family has given us something beyond a mere watch.  Thanks to their collaboration with one of the world's truly great artists -  Hussein Madi.  While they are at the forefront of watch making, it is clear that to Girard-Perregaux one thing is evident in every thing that they do - even a watch wants to be more.

Courtesy of Girard-Perregaux

And a few words about the artist -

Hussein Madi was born in 1938 in Chebaa – a Lebanese village. Drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, graphics, illustration, ceramics, mosaics, caricature – Madi has always been keen to expand his artistic creativity. At 20, he enrolled in the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and from 1963 continued his training in Italy, at the Fine Arts Academies of Rome and San Giacomo.

Civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975 and Madi pursued his career in both Rome and Beirut, teaching art at the Fine Arts Institute of the University of Lebanon and the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. He made Beirut his permanent home in 1986.

He has exhibited around the world – more than 50 exhibitions have been devoted to him - and his work can be found today in important public institutions such as the British Museum in London, as well as in private collections.

As an international artist his work moves between North and South. He draws inspiration from his native land but is always open to other cultures. Knowledge, for Madi, is the source of all freedom.

His artistic style is all about shapes and colours, with echoes of his predecessors, Matisse and Picasso, as well as the principles of divine harmony that underpin the abstract designs of Islamic art. Whether in two or three dimensions, his lines display a spontaneous freedom behind which can be sensed the precision that he brings to each of his works. Meticulousness and sensuality are the keystones of everything he creates, inspired by a deep belief in a divine universal order in which every single thing is different but composed of the same cosmic elements.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Girard-Perregaux 1966, unique piece in white gold

Case in white gold

Diameter: 40.00 mm

Height: 10.13 mm

Case-back: non-reflective sapphire

Water resistance: 30 metres

Girard-Perregaux GP03000-0060

Mechanical movement with automatic winding

Calibre: 11½’’’

Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)

Jewels: 32

Power reserve: minimum of 46 hours

Functions: hours, minutes

Dial of marquetry and painting on mother-of-pearl, after "The abduction of Europa" by Hussein Madi.

Strap in black alligator

Pin buckle: white gold

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Girard-Perregaux 1966, unique piece in pink gold

Case in pink gold set with 68 diamonds (~1.50 ct)

Diameter: 40.00 mm

Height: 10.13 mm

Case-back: non-reflective sapphire

Water resistance: 30 metres

Girard-Perregaux GP03000-0060

Mechanical movement with automatic winding

Calibre: 11½’’’

Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz)

Jewels: 32

Power reserve: minimum of 46 hours

Functions: Hour, minute

Dial of marquetry and painting on mother-of-pearl, after "The abduction of Europa" by Hussein Madi.

Strap in white alligator

Pin buckle: pink gold