Monday, March 5, 2007

Agam's 80s Kinetic Op-art Watches for Movado

A Kinetic & Op-Art pioneer, Yaacov Agam created this 1980's limited edition watch series for the Movado Time Museum Collection. The only other artist to produce a watch for Movado was Andy Warhol with his 'Times/5'.

Featuring anthracite colored steel straps, a mystery dial of multi-colored glass discs rotating circles/semi-circles overlaying dotted hands for time. Sold at auction in 2000 for $10,925.

Yaacov Agam Watch --> Link

A geometric center of rotating shapes and color for these two watches and pocket watch by Agam. Once an hour, when the minute triangle aligns the box of the hour hand, the two designs also align. Antiquorum --> Link

Related posts;
Op-art artist timepieces by Victor Vasarely --> Link
Andy Warhol's Times/5 watch for Movado --> Link
Tian Harlan's Chromachron --> Link


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