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Solune Grand Art Dune- Limited Edition

Name: Solune Grand Art Dune- Limited Edition
Brand: Schaefer & Companions
Price: 2820.4 CHF
Availability: InStock

CHF 2,820.40

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Solune Grand Art Dune Edition

The Solune Grand Art Dune Edition is born from a rare, cross disciplinary collaboration bringing together multiple artists around a shared sensibility. Conceived and directed in collaboration with Sean Paul Lorentzen, this edition explores the desert as both a landscape and an inner territory.

The dial interprets the dunes through an abstract, illustrative language, translating their warmth, vastness, and ever shifting patterns of sand into a subtle composition of color and rhythm. Rather than representation, it evokes the feeling of the desert, its silence, its scale, and its quiet beauty.

This vision takes material form through the hands of our Companion, straw marquetry artist Sabine Aucoulon. Chosen for its delicate texture and natural luminosity, the straw captures light in gentle refractions, echoing the living surface of sand shaped by wind and time.

Rooted in Sean Paul Lorentzen’s childhood fascination with desert landscapes, the project expanded into a collective journey.

Each piece, documented by aBlogtoWatch, is crafted by hand and made to order, standing as a quiet homage to the enduring poetry of the dunes, preserved within time.

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Technical Specifications

Dial: Straw Marquetry
Case Diameter: 43 mm
Case – Material: 904L Stainless Steel
Case Finish: Diamond-polished, matte, micro-blasted surfaces, anti-fingerprint coating
Case Color: Natural steel or dark grey (IP6 coating)
Lug-to-Lug Length: 49.3 mm
Glass: Sapphire glass with anti-reflective coating
Glass Shape: Double-domed
Caseback: Saphirre
Strap Width : 21 mm at the lugs, tapering to 18 mm at the buckle

Movement

ETA 2892-A2

Companion

SAbine Aucoulon

Delivery & Pre-order

Delivery may take from 2 to 3 weeks as your dial will be crafted on demand by our companion artisans. You will receive updates at each stage of the creation process until your unique piece is safely in your hands.

To reserve your watch, a deposit of 30% of the final price is required. This deposit confirms your order and allows us to begin the preparation of your timepiece.

Once your deposit is received, we will send you a payment receipt and an official order confirmation. Please review this confirmation carefully and contact us at info@schaefer-and-companions.art without delay if you have any questions or if any detail does not reflect your intentions.

If you change your mind and cancel your order within 14 days, we will refund the deposit in full. After this period, cancellation remains possible, but part of the deposit may be retained to cover administrative fees (10% of the deposit), banking charges, and any personalization work already carried out. Once you have been informed that your watch has entered production, the deposit is no longer refundable.

Approximately two weeks before delivery, we will issue your final invoice for the remaining balance.

Orders that have been completed but remain unpaid or uncollected for more than six months after the manufacturing date may be reassigned to another client. In this case, no refund can be claimed.

Captured Warmth, In Straw

Dunes Beauty, Shaped by Light

Guided by the dialogue between light, texture, and colors, Sabine Aucoulon translates the desert into the language of straw marquetry. Each dial is built from hand cut and delicately polished straw, revealing glowing Golden tones, golden sands, and mineral ochres that echo dunes bathed in sunlight.

As light sweeps across the surface, reflections unfold and transform, recalling the living movement of sand shaped by wind and heat. The compositions feel expansive and luminous, capturing the energy of the desert and the beauty of its ever changing patterns.

Every variation is unique. The angle of a strand, the meeting of hues, the play of light ensure that no landscape can be repeated. Rich to the eye and alive with depth, these dials express the desert’s warmth and the expressive power of natural material.

Each creation preserves a fragment of sunlit terrain, where craftsmanship and light come together to hold the essence of the dunes within time.

A unique and exclusive collaboration with Sean Paul Lorentzen from aBlogtoWatch.

A Collaborative Project

The Storytellers of Solune Dune

Sean Paul Lorentzen

A Companion of the Schaefer and Companions brand, Sean Paul Lorentzen is Senior Editor at aBlogtoWatch, author of Time Machines, and co-host of Seduced by Speed on MotorTrend.

The Solune Dune Edition was born from his vision and childhood memories of the desert, a landscape he sought to capture and transform into watchmaking art.

Guiding the project with artistic direction and narrative intent, he shaped it as both a creative journey and a living archive of every step behind the making of métiers d’art hand-crafted dials.

A Blog To Watch

Sabine Aucoulon

Sabine Aucoulon has dedicated her artistic life to exploring light through matter — weaving together straw marquetry and embroidery in a dialogue of texture, reflection, and emotion. Trained at the Beaux-Arts and shaped by her time in Berlin, Reims, and now Angers, she draws inspiration from nature’s quiet rhythms and organic geometries.

Working entirely by hand, Sabine transforms humble straw into luminous surfaces, where color and sheen shift with every angle. Her compositions — abstract yet deeply sensory — capture the fragile balance between structure and spontaneity.

Beyond her studio, she shares her craft through exhibitions and workshops, passing on a savoir-faire both ancestral and ever-evolving. Through each creation, Sabine Aucoulon redefines contemporary métiers d’art, giving voice to the poetic and enduring dialogue between light, material, and the human hand.

Discover Sabine

Hans Ostrom

A Companion of the Schaefer and Companions brand, Hans Ansgar Ostrom is a renowned poet, novelist, and professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Puget Sound.

At the very origin of the Solune Dune Edition, he wrote the poem that sparked the entire project, laying the foundation through imagery and rhythm that evoked the desert and its memory.

His words, imbued with cadence and reflection, extend beyond the page as he lends his voice to the project, narrating the films that unveil the watches and their story.

Arabesque Choche

A Companion of the Schaefer and Companions brand, Arabesque Choche is a Japanese composer with a classical background, known for blending orchestral tradition with modern electronic textures.

His ethereal soundscapes, born from this duality, bring a singular depth to the Solune Dune Edition, for which he lent one of his compositions to echo the desert’s spirit and vast horizons.

Eager to participate, he joins the project as a musical voice, enriching the narrative with a score that bridges heritage and contemporary creation.

Listen To The Music

Movement Specifications

Caliber

ETA 2892-A2

Movement Type

Automatic

Power Reserve

42 hours

Number of Jewels

Frequency

28,800 beats per hour

Finishing

Perlage, Blue screws

Grade

TOP grade (average accuracy of ±7 seconds per day)

Inspired by light, forged in 904L stainless steel

A unique case in prestige alloy

Crafted from 904L steel, a premium alloy known for its exceptional strength and refined brilliance, the Solune case is inspired by celestial shapes and cosmic light.

Its sharp, angular lines make a bold statement, embracing a design that isn’t afraid to take risks. This striking geometry goes beyond aesthetics, inviting the wearer to explore the interplay of shadow and light, with polished edges that capture and reflect every ray.

Astral Hands

Inspired by the cosmos, our Astral Hands embody the celestial theme of the Solune model.

The hour and minute hands feature a refined blend of brushed and polished finishes, while the circular seconds hand, shaped as a seven-pointed star, captures the essence of timeless celestial beauty.

Astral Hands

Inspired by the cosmos, our Astral Hands embody the celestial theme of the Solune model.

The hour and minute hands feature a refined blend of brushed and polished finishes, while the circular seconds hand, shaped as a seven-pointed star, captures the essence of timeless celestial beauty.

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