A Louis Vuitton Pocket Watch Mirrors a Vivid Damien Hirst Series

Requiring more than 1,000 hours of work by a team of Métiers d’Art master craftsmen to produce, the Escale au Mont Fuji pocket watch by Louis Vuitton boasts one of the maison’s most intricate movements, including a boat gliding and trunks opening to reveal monogram flowers. Housed within a white-gold case set with 60 baguette-cut colored sapphires, the timepiece is an unprecedented example of haute horlogerie.

Less in-your-face than the artist’s formaldehyde works or medicine cabinets, Damien Hirst’s “Cherry Blossom” series of paintings bridges the gap between figuration and abstraction with a thick application of color to capture what he has called “the insane visual transience of beauty,” just as apparent in the giclée prints.

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2026 Summer Issue in the section “Life Imitates Art.” Subscribe to the magazine.