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The Eye of Time (El Ojo Del Tempo), a 1950’s diamond set watch brooch after Salvador Dali, probably manufactured by Alemany & Ertman New York, the watch at the centre as the eye, with a blue enamel dial and black Arabic numerals signed ‘Dali’, the eye lids pavé set throughout with brilliant cut diamonds and a line of baguette cut diamonds, approximately 5.00 carats total, with a cabochon ruby in the left hand corner suspending a pavé set eight cut diamond tear drop, the 17 jewel Movado watch movement unadjusted, cal. 50 SP signed Movado Factories, stamped ‘Pt’ to the clip, 7cm long, in a green velvet Alemany & Ertman New York box. Created in 1949 by Salvador Dali, The Eye of Time is “An eye that sees all things”, and as Dali explained of this piece, “Man cannot change or escape his time. The eye sees the present and the future”. Dali entrusted the making of his jewellery designs to the New York workshop of craftsmen, Carlos Alemany and Ertman, who produced limited editions of the original jewels, including another example of The Eye of Time, now in the personal collection of Queen Sophia of Spain. The original jewels created by Dali are now on permanent exhibition at the Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali in Figueres following their acquisition in 1999, having previously passed through the hands of a number of collectors. Literature:Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, ‘Dali: Jewels-Joyas, The Collection of The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation’, for the original drawing of The Eye of Time dated 1949, and illustrations of the original piece in the Dali Jewellery Collection in Figueres
