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ART 01 MONOCHROME EDITIONS MONOLITHIC SIMPLICITY. THE THEORY OF LIGHT AND PIGMENTS.

ALTO takes hold of the theory of light. Light as a material. The ART 01 is available in two new pieces. The monochrome black and the monochrome grey. Two bold interpretations in which each detail contributes to a total harmony. With a monolithic simplicity, these two new pieces oppose each other like shadow and light, night and day. So similar and yet so different. The spectacle that plays out before our eyes on each version is intriguing and striking.

MONOCHROME BLACK
The ART 01 MONOCHROME BLACK model is an ode to black, this color that is not one. Black represents the absence of visible light. For ALTO, black is a luminous void. The ART 01 MONOCHROME BLACK is a completely black piece. The case is made of titanium coated with DLC (“Diamond Like Carbon”) to give the piece a satin effect of remarkable intensity. The brass dial is also adorned with black, as is the metallization of the crystal. Only the Super Luminova affixed to the black hands breaks this unity.

Black becomes light, light becomes matter. It is not an absence, but a presence. A living matter where light is reflected and lost. Black does not erase, it reveals. Time is no longer linear, it is matter.

MONOCHROME GRAY
The ART 01 MONOCHROME GREY model pays homage to the gray of titanium. It is a new brutalist interpretation of the volume of the ART 01 signature case. All the constituent elements of this piece refer to the microblasted titanium of the case.

Grey is neither an absence nor a neutrality. It is the perfect balance between light and shadow, between matter and movement. In its titanium shade, it embodies power and finesse, the raw elegance of a metal forged to last.

TITANIUM AND TIME PASSING
Titanium itself embodies a true paradox: it is an incredibly strong material and yet surprisingly light. Like time, it seems unalterable, elusive, fluid and constant.

On the wrist, each ART 01 MONOCHROME EDITIONS weighs 56g, and yet it imposes its unique presence. Its deep gray and intense black, changing according to the angle and the light, give them a soul apart.

Time is inscribed with precision, sculpted by the subtle contrast of each surface where each color is expressed. Nothing superfluous, no ornament. The essence of design and engineering only, carried by an aesthetic specific to ALTO.

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