Artya Watches

Insane is the word that comes to mind, these Artya novelties were designed by Yvan Arpa, of Romain Jerome fame. Arpa who created rust-decked watches from the hull of the Titanic, and moon watches with actual dust from the moon and straps from the suits of cosmonauts working and living on the ISS. Arpa's designs at Artya downright attractive. With a bit of lightning, Arpa has turned steel to gold...


All the scarring and colourization on this case comes from lightning striking the case... Volna has various models struck with 100,000 volts, 200,000 volts, and 500,000 volts, to different effect.

Of the various strngths of lighting strikes, i found the 200,000 volt zap yielded the most colour. whatever's in the steel must have been fried pretty nicely.

Tesla Tourbillon
Wonderful detail here and you can see right through the watch. Nicely done, the hands, like stuff ripped off a generator. And what's a tesla instrument if it hasn't been treated to a little lightning? If i remember correctly, around 120k swiss francs.

This one's sized 38mm, struck with 500,000 volt bolt, and the scars salved with diamonds. best medicine in the world. Men will wear this just fine i think, but as an added consideration for women, it doesn't come with toad-skin leather. thoughtful.

Coprolite
Now this is very, very insteresting... every piece is unique, because the dial, that looks like marble, is actually fossil... from dinosaurs, obviously, but not the bones and remains, but the fossilised excrement. what an editorial. Cased in bronze, and around cf12,000. Not a bad deal. Crapware, but one means it in a good way.

Credit: horomundi.com