Benzinger by Zanella – watches that meet art

Watches meet art. In the Benzinger by Zanella project, every unique timepiece contains an original painting in oil on canvas by Léon Zanella, and the painting serves as the dial.

The customer chooses the painting from Zanella’s gallery. Every dial is a one-off: once a painting has been chosen it is no longer available, and there is no copy and no reproduction. The hour indexes are printed onto the sapphire crystal. The hands can be Breguet or feuille hands, with or without small seconds, and the movement can be finished in different styles – hand-engraved, hand-guilloché or hand-skeletonised.

The combination of the handmade timepieces by Benzinger and an original painting by Léon Zanella makes every watch unique.

Close view of a painted watch dial showing a farmhouse and trees in yellow fields — Original oil painting by Léon Zanella as dial

Close view of the hand-painted dial with the Benzinger signature above blue hills — Benzinger lettering over the painted landscape

Close view of the painted landscape dial in yellow, green and blue tones — Every dial is a one-off

Skeletonised Benzinger wristwatch with rubies and a blue sub-dial on a dark strap — A hand-skeletonised Benzinger movement, one of the available finishes

More on the project: Benzinger by Zanella. Benzinger by Zanella watches can be ordered through Watch Collector – get in touch.