Swatch continues to explore the space where art and everyday objects meet with the new Swatch × Guggenheim collection. Developed in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the release brings together four watches inspired by works by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Paul Klee, and Jackson Pollock, artists whose approaches to time and movement feel particularly relevant to the medium.
Each piece takes a different route. Degas’s Dancers in Green and Yellow is translated through close-up details and repeated forms that echo the physical discipline of ballet. Monet’s The Palazzo Ducale, Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore, draws attention to light and reflection, quietly linking Venice and New York, the two institutions behind the project.
Klee’s The Bavarian Don Giovanni adds a more personal layer. Often read as a disguised self-portrait, its symbols and shifting colours are reworked into a watch that subtly changes from day to day, reflecting Klee’s interest in rhythm and emotional variation. Pollock’s Alchemy, from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, takes a looser approach, focusing on texture and movement rather than representation, in line with the artist’s working method.
A shared design detail runs through the collection: a double-length second hand. It’s a simple gesture that brings the idea of time back into focus without insisting on symbolism. Rather than reproducing the artworks, the watches adapt their logic to a different scale and context, keeping the reference clear but not literal. The Swatch × Guggenheim collection is available from today in Swatch stores worldwide and online.
