Timeless Watch: Neighborhood Watch

Copied Harold O'Connor, Timeless Watch: Neighborhood Watch, 1992, 18k gold, titanium and leather, open: 9 3⁄8 x 2 7⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (23.8 x 7.3 x 0.6 cm) closed: 9 3⁄8 x 1 3⁄8 x 1⁄2 in. (23.8 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Martha and Pat Connell, 1998.146

Artwork Details

Title
Timeless Watch: Neighborhood Watch
Artist
Date
1992
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
open: 9 3⁄8 x 2 7⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (23.8 x 7.3 x 0.6 cm) closed: 9 3⁄8 x 1 3⁄8 x 1⁄2 in. (23.8 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha and Pat Connell
Mediums
Mediums Description
18k gold, titanium and leather
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Dress — accessory — jewelry
  • Allegory — quality — harmony
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
Object Number
1998.146
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.146

Artwork Description

Timeless Watch: Neighborhood Watch is one of a series of works in which Harold O’Connor comments on our ideas of time. Playing on humorous figures of speech, he considers how we structure time to organize our activities. In this piece, the “watch” becomes a tool to control our schedules and conduct surveillance, as neighbors do who keep a watchful eye on one another.