Strom has released the “In Memoriam HR Giger,” one of the last projects that the Swiss artist worked on before his death in 2014. The “In Memoriam HR Giger” (which presumably wasn’t named that while he was working on it) is a limited series wristwatch of 99 pieces that features Giger’s famous biomechanoid style. The detailing on the piece is memorable, highly recognizable, and of course rather disturbing.

The Bible tells us there is nothing new under the sun, but HR Giger’s work seemed entirely unprecedented when it rocketed to international attention with the release of Ridley Scott’s cinematic masterpiece of science fiction horror “Alien.” The ribbed, textured, uncomfortably organic designs that Giger created for the derelict ship, as well as for the alien itself, were of a type that we had never seen before, and which have stayed lodged in our collective unconscious ever since. If nothing else, HR Giger is a testament to how much one man’s artistic creations can reach and forever change our perceptions of nightmare.

The “In Memoriam HR Giger” is the collaborative effort of HR Giger and Daniel Strom, of Strom Swiss Timepieces & Jewellery. Daniel Strom had become a close personal friend of HR Giger, and his passing struck Strom deeply.

For the launch of this timepiece, Strom chose the HR Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland, a remarkable place that highlights the creations of this artist whose work touched the darkest parts of our minds. Also present was HR Giger’s widow, Carmen Giger.

The artist’s monster designs can be seen along the side of the case, with the now-recognizable ribbed protrusions forming the sides of the watch. The watch lugs are made of four of those extended-skull smooth silvered heads which formed the main image of the monstrous alien. The heads seem to grip the leather strap as if they have found new living material to insert into.

The watch has a hand-worked casted dial in silver, with the image from another of HR Giger’s paintings, the “ELP II.” HR Giger painted that canvas wit han airbrush in a single night. (The canvas itself was stolen in 2005, and there is some controversy surrounding the fact that it has seemingly been identified but not returned to its rightful owner.)

The “In Memoriam HR Giger” is the sixth Opus in Daniel Strom’s collection, which is aptly named ‘Agonium.’