Alexander Shorokhoff’s Los Craneos: Two Skulls, Two Time Zones, and a Tribute to Frida Kahlo
Who says the watch industry doesn’t bring varied cultures together" With the Los Craneos timepiece from Alexander Shorokhoff, we have a tribute to a Mexican artistic icon, designed by a Russian watchmaker, and made in Germany using two Swiss movements.
The Alexander Shorokhoff Los Craneos is limited to 47 pieces.
The Moscow-born Shorokhoff, who founded his eponymous independent watch brand in Bavaria in 2003, has long been known for creating timepieces influenced by artists and authors of his native land: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Wassily Kandinsky are among the historical luminaries who have provided inspiration for previous models. The spark for the Los Craneos watch came when Shorokhoff visited Mexico in 2017 and discovered the work of Frida Kahlo, who depicted the symbols of indigenous Mexican culture in her work, including the skulls (“los craneos” means “the skulls” in Spanish) that have long served as symbols of the struggle between life and death. For this “double time” watch, Shorokhoff placed two silvered, engraved skulls side by side on a black dial ? each depicting a separate time zone on its hands. One the left-side skull, a date window corresponding to the time zone is included, while the right-side skull adds a running seconds hand. Each skull depicts one independently set time zone.
Inside the 46.5-mm stainless steel case are two self-winding ETA 2671.As calibers, each of them devo...
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