An exclusive limited edition with a dial painted using the pointillism technique.
The Kunstmuseum Basel acquired a painting by Henri Rousseau called the Virgin Forest at Sunset in 1948. The canvas painted in 1910 was one of the artworks by a painter who never left France but managed to create an entire gallery of exotic scenes.
The present painting is one of many examples that depict an attacking predator set against a background of lush vegetation beneath a blood-red setting sun. Large flowers appear in bright splotches against the leafy backdrop of various shades of green.
Rousseau used a mode of aesthetic idealization called Primitivism, but the watchmakers at Krayon inspired by his masterpiece went even further.
The painting has been transformed into a work of pointillism on the Anywhere Arborea watch: the serene sky and expressive vegetation have been pixelated into 575 miniature dots of paint-filled cavities. The dial on Krayon's novelty is hand-painted.
And like any true work of art, each flick of paint has a unique shape and size here. The painting of a sunset scene wasn't chosen at random. The main attraction of Krayon's pieces is their indication of local sunset and sunrise times in the watch owner's chosen location.
The colorful dotty rendition of the Virgin Forest at Sunset further emphasizes the brand's connection with the two main events in any 24-hour period. Components of the caliber C030 movement can be seen on the caseback, most notably the mechanism with a long screw at 6 o'clock (opposite the two-hand calendar on the dial side).
It allows the latitude to be adjusted, while two small regulating screws on the bridges on both sides of the mechanism are used to set the longitudes for sunrise and sunset. The result is precise readings for the time of the sunrise and sunset in the owner's chosen corner of the planet.
However, the watch owner will need to manually adjust the indication for months that are shorter than 31 days. The manually wound C030 movement comprises 432 components, including 55 jewels, and it guarantees a power reserve of 72 hours.
Availability of the Anywhere Arborea is limited to 15 pieces in platinum cases measuring 39 mm in diameter and 9.5 mm in height.