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Squale is well-known for its rich history of watches made for professional, military, and recreational divers. The brand is now excited to announce a collaboration with the Parisian artist seconde/seconde/.
The stage name of Romaric Andre, seconde/seconde/ defines himself more as a ‘vandal’ than an actual artist. One of the brightest creative minds in contemporary watchmaking, his career in the industry began with the creation of 8-bit style hands, representing the most diverse subjects such as swords, spaceships, and bees, which were substituted for those of some vintage watches, creating a strong contrast between the serious and historical look of the watches with the irony and modernity of his hands.
The model chosen for this creation is an iconic Squale watch that best represents its soul as a professional diver: the 1521 Militaire. With the intention of inverting the tool watch narrative, the 1521 Watch Your Hand presents itself to the public as ‘damaged’ or rather ‘attacked’: in fact, the hour hand is visibly bitten, and the teeth mark leaves no room for doubt: it was indeed the shark on the dial that left it!
In fact, having freed itself from its usual position at 6 o’clock, the shark stuck its head out of the water, rebelling against the position it has been assigned for decades – because that is precisely the nature of sharks: irrepressible, uncontrollable, even ready to bite the hand of those who feed them.
As in every piece of art, the artist’s signature cannot be missing: the wording 50 ATMOS, which identifies the models in the 1521 collection, has in fact been ‘vandalised’ by highlighting the final letter ‘S’ in orange, the unmistakable signature of seconde/seconde/. Click here to learn about the Limited Edition Squale x seconde/seconde/ and don’t forget… watch your hand!
