Walter Valentini (1928) - Cielo

Rare watch designed by Walter Valentini titled “Sky” produced by Endura of the Swatch group for Palazzo Magnani.
An object suitable both as a collectible and for everyday use to stand out; perfectly functioning. Inside its original case. No. 347/500


Walter Valentini (Pergola, 22 October 1928 – Milan, 20 May 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and engraving.
Valentini’s interest in the sky and cosmography is evident in works that describe the orbits of the planets: disks inserted in sequence along elegant elliptical or circular trajectories are measurements of space, celestial cartography. The gold background of the more recent plates is an explicit reference to the sun, while the graphic sign of the eye alludes to Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus (a red giant traditionally depicted as “the right eye of the bull”).