GRAND ART RED EYES by MOTOMICHI

The Solune Grand Art MOTOMICHI – Red Eyes Edition is a one-of-a-kind artistic creation born from the encounter between contemporary art, traditional craftsmanship and independent watchmaking. Developed in collaboration with MOTOMICHI, La Scène des Artistes and Schaefer & Companions, the piece translates the artist’s emblematic Red Eyes universe into an intimate mechanical object worn on the wrist. At the heart of the composition, a deep black dial becomes the stage for two vivid eyes drawn from MOTOMICHI’s ongoing Red Eyes series. Inspired by animism and the idea that life may exist within all things, the original works bring buildings, landscapes and everyday objects to life through animated projections. On Solune, this visual language leaves the monumental scale of projection and becomes something personal and continuously present. Each eye is individually micro-painted by métiers d’art artisan André Martinez, who translates MOTOMICHI’s distinctive graphic language into the miniature scale of a watch dial. The slight variations inherent to hand painting preserve the expressive quality of the original artwork while giving the piece its own physical character. Integrated directly into the composition, Super-LumiNova reveals another dimension of the artwork as darkness falls. Against the black dial and dark sculptural case, the watch itself seems to recede, leaving the luminous eyes suspended in the night. The transformation echoes MOTOMICHI’s projections, where seemingly static environments suddenly awaken through light. The faceted 43 mm Solune architecture provides a sculptural frame for the artwork, its contrasting surfaces interacting with light and reinforcing the tension between object and image. The result is neither simply an artwork reproduced on a watch nor a decorative interpretation, but a shared creation in which contemporary art, hand craftsmanship and mechanical watchmaking become part of the same language. Produced as a unique piece, the Red Eyes Edition embodies the collaborative vision of MOTOMICHI, André Martinez, La Scène des Artistes and Schaefer & Companions. More than an image carried on the wrist, it becomes a presence: expressive by day, transformed by night, and constantly shifting with the light around it.