The golden age of the arcade game started in 1978 with the release of Space Invaders™ along with a cult phenomenon impact. Indeed, the “invading alien hordes” were the first ever iconic form of entertainment: thousands of hours of TV programs and hundreds of cultural exhibitions have been devoted to this generational icon of the 80’s which RJ-Romain Jerome encapsulated in its timepieces.
Six years ago, when RJ presented the first Space Invaders™ models, then launching the Games collection, little did everyone know that it would later become the brand’s biggest success. The collection consisted of two models, each limited to 78 pieces – echoing the game’s release year – and depicting the game’s famous scene illustrated in the dial, with coloured or white Super Lumi Nova pixelated figures.
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
Today, RJ is introducing a new collection with two models each limited to 78 pieces, the Space In – vaders™ Pop, equipped with a Swiss Made mechanical self-winding movement. Available in either a 46mm titanium case or a 40mm steel case, the pair will be released simultaneously for the first time. The complex award-winning Moon Invader case features four functional ball-and-socket joints, cut like the pivoting « feet » of the lunar landing modules of the American lunar missions. These extremely sophisticated components, mounted on axles and anchored to the case, hold the lugs of the rubber straps and enable the watch to adjust to all kinds of wrist sizes.
AESTHETICAL HIGHLIGHTS
The pixelated 3D dial with bead-blasted and satin-brushed levels reveals the famous Space In – vaders™ characters enhanced with stronger and brighter colours. The characters, in the form of a laser cannon and aliens, have been meticulously machined one by one then filled by hand with cold enamel in green, white, blue, purple, orange and yellow. These Pop colours are the game’s most representative colours used over time.
New to the collection as well, the case back beholds a Space Invaders™ medallion standing in the middle of the stellar pattern extending to the back of the rubber strap. And to immerse completely into the Game universe, the watch box is designed like an arcade controller.
The Space Invaders™ Pop is probably one of the most meaningful collection and certainly the most identifiable one. With its cutting edge design and a cross-generational appeal, the Space Invaders™ Pop collection is more than a collectible, it is a collector’s model.
