VolnaTomic Atomic Central

Yvan Arpa is setting the watchmaking planet on fire with the VOLNATOMIC, an explosive collection in which traditional Swiss watchmaking embodied through a self-winding movement, a Large Date Dubois Dépraz calibre and Concepto tourbillon play with the concept of forbidden territory and nuclear danger by adopting the famous black and yellow color codes.

Warning: not for sensitive souls!

Code diversion, creative irony and ostentatious provocation: Yvan Arpa is once again exploring forbidden territory. After lightning, rust and dust, all classic enemies of watchmaking, he is displaying the yellow and black colors seared into the collective consciousness as symbolizing danger and embodying a warning signal.

Nuclear technology, an explosive subject with strong negative connotations, is looking for enthusiasts, connoisseurs or initiates prepared to make light of threats and advocating atomic energy as epitomizing the very essence of matter.

VolnaTomic Crime Scene

The toxic skull atomic symbol and emergency exit signs appear on a black and yellow dial framed by a bezel with a striped pattern composed of either alternating matte or polished black finishes or by alternating colors, according to the Crime Scene, Radioactive and Atomic Central models.

The figurative elements on the watch, such as the warning triangle, the skull or the atomic propeller blade serve an aesthetic role as well as conveying a cleverly diverted symbolism.

According to Yvan Arpa, “the use of irony via diverted codes is typical of contemporary art and in certain offbeat circles, but never in watchmaking.”

VOLNATOMIC appeals to natural “transgressors”, drawing them into dangerous and forbidden zones in order to escape from a day-to-day, conventional and well-defined universe.

VolnaTomic Radioactive

Technical Specifications

Functions
Hours – minutes – small seconds at 6h – large date

Movement
Mechanical self-winding Dubois Dépraz calibre performing 28,800 vibrations per hour
42-hour power reserve

Jewelling: 21 jewels

Case
316 steel, satin-brushed and treated with a black PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) coating

Diameter : 46.5mm

Water resistance : 50 metres

Caseback : sapphire crystal adorned with toxic skull symbol and atomic symbol

Bezel: striped with alternating black, matt or polished finishes

Dial
Two-tone with graded shades of colour running from yellow to black

Hands: yellow for the hours and minutes, shaped like an atomic symbol for the small seconds

Crown: matte black with polished atomic symbol

Crystal
2.5 mm thick spherical sapphire, glare-proofed on both sides.

Strap
Genuine rubber with hand-sewn stitching, steel black PVD-coated double-pin buckle

Source: www.volnawatches.ch