Love letters to wristwatches…

That’s all this is - nothing more. It does not leverage the commonly lauded details of technical superiority or brand pedigree. The interest is firmly placed in what these things can mean and make us feel.

Dear Artifact provides words and images, celebrating the prominence of timepieces and their place in the lives of those who wear them.

There are very few possessions that have the ability to find purpose and meaning once their owners have gone. A watch can be a little left-behind fragment of a loved one, carrying on life in the next generation or a relic from a time to which the current owner has no direct connection, but pays diligent reverence to nonetheless.

We all tend to accumulate stuff we fancy throughout our lives - most of it, relegated to storage box junk when we are no longer around to animate it. However, much like an inherited Christmas ornament or coveted family heirloom, a watch has the unique ability to become a dear artifact.