Yvan Arpa is an atypical Swiss watch designer. He is one of those ‘crazy professors’; not afraid to go off the beaten track, not afraid of controversy and with a brilliant sense of style. He suffers from a severe and incurable form of limitless creativity earning him the nickname ‘doctor Sparklehead’.

Each ArtyA watch is a unique piece. Only one is made. Conformists should steer clear as eccentricity is key in their collections:
-Sculpted by lightning 1/1

Each watchcase from the "Sculpted by lightning" collection is struck by lightning and undergoes thermal combustion, moulding, engraving and various drastic processes. According to the voltage (ranging from 100’000 to 1’000’000 volts!), the look, color and disfiguration of the case changes.

For extra spice, the dial can contain real spiders, dragonflies or butterfly wings.
- Artpiece 1/1
 
Each piece in the "Artpiece 1/1" collection is unique composition, half-way between a painting and a watch. Created by the artist, crafted by the watchmaker, these one-of-kind artistic creations are each distinctly made, none can be doubled or replaced. Difference, not conformity, is their hallmark.
- Art of complications 1/1

High end Swiss complications presented as works of art. Tourbillon or Perpetual Calendar. Conformists steer clear.
- Wild watches 1/1

Stunning transmutations fuelled by boundless creativity embody ArtyA's signature. Always brimful of ideas and thoroughly steeped in contemporary art, Yvan Arpa launches new fearless ventures for the unconventional among us.

Check out the high powered ‘Son of a Gun’ watch: first watch containing real bullets!