Description
The Lucky Harvey Tiger Automata turns the face of a tiger into the watch’s time display.
Instead of conventional hands, the tiger’s left eye indicates the hours while its right eye indicates the minutes. Both eyes shift as time passes, continuously changing the expression of the tiger.
The animation extends to the mouth. At each hour, the tiger’s mouth opens to reveal its teeth before gradually retracting as time progresses.
Rather than adding automata as decoration around an otherwise conventional display, Lucky Harvey incorporates the animation directly into the way the watch communicates time.
Inspiration & Design
The tiger is not simply illustrated on the dial; its facial features form part of the watch’s mechanical architecture.
Two rotating eye displays replace conventional hour and minute hands, while the articulated mouth introduces another layer of animation. As the eyes change position and the mouth moves through its cycle, the tiger’s expression evolves throughout the day.
The White Tiger execution gives the design a cooler, more graphic character, drawing attention to the sculptural dial and animated facial features.
Dial & Case
The White Tiger centres the dial around the sculptural tiger face, with separate rotating displays incorporated into the eyes for the hours and minutes.
The watch is housed in a 40mm case made from 316 stainless steel, giving the highly animated design relatively compact proportions.
A synthetic sapphire crystal protects the dial, while water resistance is rated to 50m/5ATM.
Movement
The Tiger is powered by an automatic mechanical movement incorporating its automata functions.
The movement drives both the animated eye-based time display and the tiger’s articulated mouth mechanism, with approximately 40 hours of power reserve.
Bracelet / Strap
The White Tiger is paired with an imported cowhide strap and pin buckle, complementing the lighter colour palette of the watch.
The strap is designed to fit wrists approximately 135–200mm in circumference.
Final Thoughts
The Tiger Automata is playful by design, but its character is built around a genuinely interesting mechanical concept.
By turning the tiger’s eyes into the actual hour and minute displays - and using its mouth to mark the passing hours - Lucky Harvey makes the automata fundamental to how the watch works.
The White Tiger gives that mechanical theatre a particularly graphic appearance, while the 40mm case keeps the concept within approachable proportions.
Technical Specifications
| Case size: |
40mm
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| Case material: |
Stainless steel |
| Case back: |
Exhibition caseback |
| Movement type: |
Automatic |
| Movement no.: |
In-house movement incorporating automata |
| Power reserve: |
Approx 40hrs |
Dial:
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Tiger design on dial with lumed elements; hour and minute subdials with lumed indices; left eye: hours; right eye: minutes; Tiger's mouth opens on the hour and gradually retracts |
| Glass: |
Sapphire |
| Water resistance: |
5ATM |
| Strap type: |
Strap
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| Strap material: |
Fluororubber/leather hybrid |
| Buckle: |
Stainless steel tang buckle |
| Warranty: |
2 years
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