Straight lines were never invited.
The Alexander Shorokhoff Home 2 does not arrive politely. It bursts through the door in green, red, yellow, blue, rose-gold and glossy enamel, carrying the spirit of Friedensreich Hundertwasser on its wrist. This is not the kind of watch that sits quietly under a cuff waiting to be noticed. It is already talking. It is already moving. It is already turning the dial into a miniature world of rooftops, sunlight, fields, sky and beautifully organised chaos.
There is a wonderful kind of mischief in the Home 2. At first glance, it feels almost impossible that so much colour and character could fit inside a 41 x 41 mm case. Look closer and it begins to make sense. This is not decoration for decoration’s sake. It is architecture compressed into watchmaking. It is a small, mechanical tribute to the idea that homes, cities and objects should feel alive, not cold, standardised or stripped of personality.
The inspiration comes from Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a creator who rejected rigid design and believed that nature, colour and individuality belonged at the centre of human spaces. His buildings did not behave like ordinary buildings. They curved, leaned, shimmered and grew into their surroundings. Alexander Shorokhoff has taken that same rebellious energy and translated it into something far smaller, but no less expressive.
The dial is where the Home 2 truly explodes into life. A shimmering green base sets the stage, rich with texture and movement. The upper section carries a wave-like guilloche pattern that feels like sunlight rippling across the sky. The lower section shifts into a tile-like guilloche finish, bringing to mind fields, grass and earth. It is a landscape before it is a watch dial. It has weather. It has ground. It has atmosphere.
Then come the houses.
Colourful, organic and joyfully irregular, the hand-applied house appliqués rise from the centre of the dial like a tiny enchanted village. Each one is crafted with glossy cold enamel and mother-of-pearl inlays, giving the forms a brightness that changes with the light. They do not look machine-perfect, and that is exactly the point. They have character. They lean into the charm of imperfection. They feel like homes built by imagination rather than by ruler.
This is where the Home 2 becomes more than a visual reference to Hundertwasser. It starts to carry his philosophy. The green backdrop speaks to his concern for the environment. The dial textures suggest the connection between human shelter and the natural world. The houses sit between sky and earth, not dominating the landscape but belonging to it. It is playful, yes, but there is meaning under the colour.
The smaller details sharpen the whole scene. A blue star at 10 o’clock hangs above the rooftops, while a lightning appliqué at 1 o’clock cracks through the composition with a flash of drama. Suddenly the dial is not just a village, it is a night scene, a weather system, a story. It feels as though something is happening inside the watch.
Even the hands are part of the theatre. White lacquered hour and minute hands with black decorative outlines stand clearly above the vivid dial, giving the watch the legibility it needs without dulling the artwork underneath. The rose-gold coloured seconds hand sweeps through the scene like a fine moving thread, tying back to the hour appliqués and the unmistakable Alexander Shorokhoff “60” at 12 o’clock.
The case is just as important to the concept. Its rectangular stainless steel form gives the watch an architectural frame, while the slim 9 mm height keeps it elegant and wearable. The side recesses are filled with green enamel, so the colour does not stop at the dial. It spills outward, becoming part of the structure itself. This is a case that feels designed around the artwork, not simply built to contain it.
Turn the Home 2 over and the story continues. The case back features four small round coloured glass windows in red, yellow and blue, offering glimpses into the automatic movement inside. It is one of the most charming details of the watch. These are not just display windows. They feel like the glowing windows of a house after dark, revealing small fragments of life within.
Behind those windows is the automatic ETA 2892 calibre, finished with a hand-engraved and refined oscillating weight, blued screws, 21 jewels and a power reserve of approximately 47 hours. This matters. The Home 2 may look like a piece of modern wearable art, but it is still a serious mechanical watch. Beneath the colour is a respected Swiss automatic movement, treated with the finishing and individuality expected from Alexander Shorokhoff.
The strap choice can completely change the character of the piece. Grey ostrich leather gives it texture and refinement. Black stingray leather adds a darker, more dramatic edge. But the green rubber strap with folding clasp feels like the wildest and most complete pairing. It leans fully into the colour palette, makes the watch more contemporary on the wrist, and adds a practical sense of comfort to an otherwise highly artistic object.
Limited to only 10 pieces worldwide, the Alexander Shorokhoff Home 2 is not trying to please everyone. That would ruin it. Its strength is that it knows exactly what it is. It is rare, colourful, unconventional and full of personality. It is made for a collector who does not want another safe watch in a safe case with a safe dial. It is made for someone who still wants a little danger in design.
The Home 2 is a reminder that independent watchmaking can be joyful. It can be strange. It can be architectural, emotional and beautifully unruly. It can place a village on a dial, hide colour in the case back, and turn a 47-hour automatic watch into a small protest against sameness.
This is not simply a watch inspired by a house.
It is a house for colour, movement, rebellion and time.
