SpotlightDoodling On A Masterpiece: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic Wotto Edition

Swiss watchmaker Maurice Lacroix continues to impress us with every new addition to their Urban Tribe line. Time comes to a standstill while studying their engraved motifs that cover the dial, steel case bezel, and five-link integrated bracelet, like the words of a resounding poem rolling onto a page. The 2023 Aikon Automatic Skeleton Urban Tribe timepiece, engraved with Maori-style tattoo designs, was in collaboration with Parisian Parkour artiste Simon Nogueira. Now in 2025, the brand used signature illustrative motifs by British illustrator Craig Watkins aka Wotto to grace their latest timepiece—Aikon Automatic Wotto Limited Edition.

Doodle Diary: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Wotto

Before we delve into the design and technicalities of the Aikon Wotto, let’s look at the man behind the inspiration, Wotto himself. The California-based British expatriate —who juggles web design, publishing, clothing/fashion design and is a big name on the street art scene—doodles motifs inspired from the worlds of graffiti, the 90s cache of toys and skateboarding visuals. The result is an imagery riddled with doodles/hieroglyphs/ideograms—however you might define it—comprises ghosts, hearts, mushrooms, bones, cobwebs, flowers, eyeballs, skateboarding, lightning flashes, and the artist’s initial W. This visual treat captures many moods and meanings that range from intriguing to comical, weaving a narrative open to interpretation, as evident on the latest 42mm Maurice Lacroix Aikon Wotto.

The California-based British expatriate Wotto—who juggles web design, publishing, clothing/fashion design and is a big name on the street art scene—doodles motifs inspired from the worlds of graffiti, the 90s cache of toys and skateboarding visuals

This visual treat captures many moods and meanings that range from intriguing to comical, weaving a narrative open to interpretation, as evident on the latest 42mm Maurice Lacroix Aikon Wotto

The collaboration between the brand and the artist, however, stems from a design exercise by Hungarian artist and Instagram influencer @Timeengraver, way back in 2021. The artist had doodled on an Aikon watch, which became viral enough for the brand to take notice and reproduce the design on two of their watches: Aikon Automatic Urban Tribe and Aikon Automatic Skeleton Urban Tribe. He repeated the exercise with another Aikon timepiece with Wotto’s motifs, to which the brand caught on again, and reproduced it as this 2025 Aikon watch under the Urban tribe line.

A Jigsaw Puzzle: The Aikon Wotto Timepiece

The Maurice Lacroix Wotto features the signature six ‘claws’ on the bezel, and the overall polished finish gives the engravings further depth. Creating a vivid contrast is the dial, a playful canvas displaying Wotto’s motifs in bright colours, ranging from blue to yellow. The timekeeping elements on this dial include hour and minute pencil hands, and metal-tipped baton indices; all of which are Super-LumiNova applied for enhanced legibility under poor lighting.

The Aikon Wotto runs on the automatic ML115 calibre, visible through the anti-reflective sapphire crystal on the caseback. Based on the reliable Sellita SW200-1 calibre, this movement offers upto 38-hour power reserve and beats at 28,800vph. From the aesthetic sense, the movement is rhodium-plated, rife largely with finishes such as Perlage and Colimaçon, particularly with Côtes de Genève on the rotor, and features 26 jewels.

Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic Wotto Limited Edition in a nutshell

• Case: Stainless steel; 42mm; engraved decoration; sapphire crystals; screw-down crown
• Functions & Display: Artistic dial designed by Wotto (Craig Watkins) – framed date window with black disc – silver-coloured hands with Super-LumiNova; 200m water resistance
• Movement: Automatic calibre ML115 (based on the Sellita SW200-1); 38-hour power reserve; 26 jewels
• Bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet with engraved decoration with folding buckle secured to an easy-change device

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