Its partially skeletonized dial reveals the plate and bridges of the automatic caliber K.09-1. In the sketch, it is a bare mechanism in which the concept is already coming to life.

The golden graphic style of the drawing resembles an antique alchemical illustration. All details are rooted in mechanical precision. The signature smile appears as a sector retrograde day-of-the-week indicator with a framed pointer, a kind of master’s signature within the sketch.

The anthropomorphic wristmon outlined in the drawing becomes the author’s interpretation of the hero from ‘The Sandman’ by E. T. A. Hoffmann. It is a symbol of irreversibility and inevitability. In this drawing, time looks at the human being and, smiling, reminds us of the impossibility of stopping or capturing it.