Diploma 2019 - Flower Power

During my last year of studies I had to create an engraving for the dial and the movement of a watch. The subject was Flower Power and the goal was to find a concept related to this movement that was active in the 60's. We worked in collaboration with the watchmaking manufactures Girard-Perregaux and the model of the watch is the Cat’s Eye.

First of all, I had to do researches about the move­ment Flower Power and find a concept related to this subject. I was inspired by the artist Miguel Cheva­lier, who made an exhibition in which he projected pictures of flowers in public places and on people. For me his work represents the principle of sharing.

Before starting engraving I had to develop and draw my idea and I had to think about the way that I would engrave it.

In the dial I hid a face of a woman in flowers. I came up with this idea, because people gave flowers as a gift during the flower power period. I found the same concept in the work of Miguel Chevalier. I wanted to represent this idea of sharing in my project.