We are delighted to announce our fourth auction featuring an Oktopus Tattoo, n°22/82 scheduled to run from December 4th to December 6th.
The Oktopus Tattoo was conceived in 2009 when we (Morten and Jorn) were contemplating the association between body tattoos, traveling the seas and the newly launched Oktopus family. The idea of having the tattoo on the watch instead of your body was born. Following multiple conversations with Henning Jorgensen of world-famous Royal Tattoo in Denmark, we agreed to create an Octopus drawing/tattoo that would wrap around the case.
As Henning created the drawing, we spoke to our team in Switzerland about how to get it onto the case, which facets could be engraved and which not. As an added detail we adorned the hands with allusions of tentacle suction cups in orange. The result was, we thought, extraordinary.
Inside a beautiful Frederic Piguet calibre 1150.4, 3Hz/21,600 bph with 100 hours power reserve (double barrel) gives life to the Oktopus. The piece was originally made together with Svend Andersen of Andersen Geneve. Coincidently, when we recently visited Andersen Geneve, they had surprisingly found a complete Oktopus Tattoo in their stock dating back from 2009, and we thought an example of this would be the perfect piece to put on our Christmas auction.
The watch, being almost fifteen years old, has only ever been used by the Founders -Morten and Jorn. It shows almost no wear and only has a few scratches around 9 o’clock on the case, probably from attaching one of the original diving instruments.
“What has been so inspiring to me about this piece is that it combines different forms of art and craftsmanship, the old with the new. The art of tattoo translated on our Oktopus by using the latest technology in engraving. A highly crafted Frederic Piguet movement ticking in the heart of an eccentric looking watch” – Morten Linde 2009
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