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Dance

  • Canvas
  • Acrylic
  • 40×40 cm
Is a choreography of the horological heart. Against a warm, gilded backdrop, the balance wheel and escape wheel stand poised, like two partners upon a stage. Azure pivots, like slender bodies, are elongated, while ruby jewels flash like watchful eyes. The delicate components of the pallet fork intertwine them, as if a hand in a sensuous pas de deux. Each pulse of the mainspring engenders a new step: the balance completes its rotation, the escape wheel releases a tooth, and the couple converges anew in perfect rhythm. Mechanical precision is transmuted into poetic motion, transforming the tick-tock into a waltz of time.