Perrelet x The Dial Artist: A Unique Lab Peripheral for TimeForArt 2026

Perrelet and Chris Alexander create a unique Lab Peripheral watch for the TimeForArt 2026 charity auction at Phillips New York, 5 December 2026.

A Quick Orientation

• Ref. A1102/S1 marks the second consecutive Perrelet appearance at TimeForArt and the first time a Lab Peripheral model has carried artwork by Chris Alexander, known as The Dial Artist, across both the central dial and the peripheral oscillating weight.
• The piece is a unique creation, signed and certified by the artist, destined exclusively for the Swiss Institute’s TimeForArt charity auction at Phillips New York on 5 December 2026.
• Perrelet’s in-house P-411 calibre powers the watch, beating at 28,800 vph with a 42-hour power reserve and a ball-bearing-mounted peripheral rotor visible from the dial side.
• Twenty-six watch brands contribute unique pieces to the 2026 auction, hosted within Phillips’ New York Watch Auction XV.

The Artistic Intervention

Chris Alexander’s hand extends to the two elements that define the Lab Peripheral’s visual character: the central dial and the oscillating weight at its edge. Vertical stripes in pink, olive green, red, orange, brown, light blue and black, interspersed with white, cover the central section. The warm and cool tones set up a visual rhythm that shifts as the light changes.

On the peripheral oscillating weight, oblique stripes in the same palette reinterpret the central motif at a different angle, placing the mechanical and the artistic in direct visual conversation. Applied hour markers on the satin-finished ring carry Super-LumiNova, appearing to float just above the 5-minute flange. Dagger-shaped luminescent hands and a slimmer central seconds hand complete the display; the date sits at 6 o’clock.

Case and Movement

The 42 mm × 42 mm cushion-shaped case is cut from razor-grey PVD-coated steel, water-resistant to 5 ATM. Brushed and polished lugs, an embossed rectangular decoration on the case band and a polished octagonal bezel give the form a contemporary character without ornamental excess. The sapphire crystal caseback, secured by six screws, bears the inscriptions “Perrelet x The Dial Artist” and “Unique Piece,” with Chris Alexander’s signature at the centre.

Beneath the dial, the P-411 calibre runs at 4 Hz and stores 42 hours of power. The peripheral rotor, formed as a 180° segment and mounted on ball bearings, transfers energy through a toothed wheel to a pinion on the movement’s outer rim. Rhodium-plated bridges finished with Côtes de Genève and 3N gold engravings are fully legible through the transparent caseback, unobstructed by any central rotor. A black calf leather strap with alligator pattern and white stitching, fastened by a logo-engraved folding clasp, completes the piece.

Context and Significance

This is Perrelet’s second appearance at the TimeForArt TimeForArt charity auction, following the Turbine submitted for the 2024 edition. The shift to the Lab Peripheral format is deliberate in a structural sense: the collection’s peripheral rotor, historically the brand’s most visually distinctive mechanism, provides a second surface for the artist to work on alongside the dial itself. The piece thus engages with the Lab Peripheral’s architecture rather than applying art over it.

For collectors across the Gulf who follow Phillips auctions and the Swiss Institute’s programme, the December 5 sale offers a singular entry point into both Perrelet’s peripheral-rotor architecture and Alexander’s growing body of commissioned dial work. The piece is delivered in a luxury box with a travel pouch, signed and certified by the artist.

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