Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic Wotto Limited Edition
Maurice Lacroix unveils the incredible AIKON Automatic Wotto Limited Edition watch in collaboration with British artist Wotto.
With the ultimate fusion of urban culture, artistic engraving, and Swiss watchmaking, this striking design marks its entry into the Urban Tribe series. A truly modern tale, this story begins in 2021 when Hungarian artist @Timeengraver engraved an AIKON watch and presented it to the world via Instagram.
This independent artistic expression would trigger a completely unexpected chain of events. Maurice Lacroix was inspired to launch the highly sought-after and limited AIKON Automatic Urban Tribe and AIKON Automatic Skeleton Urban Tribe, with the designer’s approval. Two years later, @Timeengraver raised the bar by unveiling a new piece, this time adorned with illustrations by British artist Wotto, a prominent figure in the street art scene.
Limited to 1,000 pieces, the AIKON Automatic Wotto Limited Edition fuses Swiss watchmaking expertise with Wotto’s unbridled creative universe. That’s the power of urban culture: an artistic dialogue in perpetual motion, where inspirations intersect and respond to each other. With this collaboration, Maurice Lacroix explores more than ever the frontier between watchmaking and art.
Does Wotto, or Craig Watkins is a British expatriate living in California He has become a leading figure in urban art thanks to his unique style of doodles, with a wonderful mix of cute and weird, chaos and emotion. Recognizable among a thousand, his works are a festival of colors and original characters, taking the viewer into a twirling spiral of stories that we suspect are somewhat mysterious.
This new AIKON is much more than just an engraved watch, it’s a true work of art to be worn on the wrist, incorporating all the elements of Wotto’s work.
The 42 mm steel case, bracelet and bezel are entirely engraved with motifs from Wotto’s prolific imagination. Mushrooms, little hearts, skateboarding ghosts, and lightning flashes surround the artist’s signature capital W that follow one another in hieroglyphs on the links of the AIKON’s elegant integrated bracelet, extending onto its case and bezel. Like a rebus, each link tells its own story.
These ideograms are enhanced by the contrast between the shine of the polished finish and the engraving of the ornaments, giving the watch a striking depth.
Model: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic Wotto Limited Edition, Reference AI6008-SS009-090-1
Case
Brushed and polished stainless steel case with an open caseback
Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 11 mm
Wotto designed pattern engraved on the case
Water resistance: 20 ATM
Dial
Grey background with vertical color gradiant (blue to yellow) Wotto designed pattern with black surrounding .Rhodium m-logo and white prinings
Index: Rhodium dots
Hands: Rhodium facetted hour and minute hands with white SLN, rhodium second hand
Movement
Automatic ML 115 with a black/white date
Hours, minutes and seconds
Vibrations: 28,800 vph / 4 Hz
Power Reserve: 38 hours
Number of jewels: 26
Decorations: Perlage and colimaçon, Rotor with M-logo, Rhodium plated
Bracelet
5-row stainless steel bracelet with easychange system with Wotto designed pattern engraved on every links
Edition
Limited edition of 1,000 pieces
