Loading...The independent watch manufactory Moritz Grossmann is pleased to announce another partnership with Christie’s:
• A selection of handmade special models in the form of one-off pieces will be auctioned together with Christie’s in an online auction from 18 November – 2 December 2019
• The collection is aimed at lovers of independent brands who want to experience Schönstes deutsches Handwerk in conjunction with ancient culture of Chinese astrology
• Regional artists from Dresden have put their personal interpretations of Chinese zodiac signs onto canvas. Their works have been painted onto the fine dials by a miniaturist using the finest drawing techniques. These works of art will be auctioned together with the watches.
• As an expression of its links to the Saxony region, Grossmann Uhren GmbH will donate a portion of the proceeds to a regional aid organisation from Dresden
Here is a picture show of all 12 timepieces:
Dresden artists combine Schönstes deutsches Handwerk with the ancient culture of Chinese astrology. Dresden is possibly one of the historically most interesting German cities, a city rich with culture, art and history. It was home to famous aristocratic and influential families in the past.
Moritz Grossmann trained in Dresden to become a watchmaker from 1842 — 1854. Subsequently, he began to travel as a journeyman with stopovers in London, Hamburg, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Western Switzerland.
To view the pieces offered in the auction, please click below:
Inspired by the ancient Chinese art of reading the stars, Moritz Grossmann will auction twelve one-off pieces this year, each of which artistically showcases one of the Chinese zodiac signs. The manufactory, which is located near Dresden, thus creates the perfect link between Schönstes deutsches Handwerk – made in Germany – and traditional Chinese culture.
As a homage to the Saxon watchmaking tradition in Glashütte and to celebrate free art, the fine timepieces will be auctioned together with the paintings by Dresden artists. The artists put their own personal interpretations of Chinese zodiac signs onto canvas. Their works of art were then painted onto the fine dials of the Moritz Grossmann timepieces by a miniaturist with the finest attention to detail.
Collection and highlight piece A selected unique piece in a fine case made from 750/000 rose gold was manufactured as the highlight piece of the collection. RAT One is all about the year 2020, the year of the rat in Chinese astrology. The one-off piece celebrates the rat, which is the first of the Chinese zodiac signs. In Chinese astrology, the rat is seen as
highly intelligent with foresight and a keen sense of its environment.
All other models are presented in fine stainless steel cases.
The whole collection was manufactured in High Artistic Finish with the calibre 100.1.
The movement is visible though the generous transparent back made of sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating on one side. The pillar movement with well-proportioned components made of untreated German silver with various finishes forms different levels. On the characteristic 2/3 plate with broad horizontal ribbing, the signet is engraved by hand. The Grossmann balance is visible in the curved plate cut-out and is borne by the cantelevered, hand-engraved balance cock with the typical fine micrometer screw.
Moritz Grossmann partnered with an artist who is specializing in micropainting to make the above timepieces. Micropainting is a lost art which only few people are able to create. Take a look at the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjM_6X_eRyY