The horse, one of Dalí’s favourite images, is saddled with Dalinian time. The famous soft-watch is used here in place of a normal saddle. The horse is portrayed as the representation of life weighed down and harnessed tightly by time. The sculpture signifies the omnipresence of time and the weight it has in all our actions.

Time races on and our own mortality. This surrealistic beast cannot be ridden by man, for it is time who is the ultimate rider. This sculpture is one of the first from the collaboration between Beniamino Levi, President of the Dalí Universe, and Dalí himself. It was Levi who convinced Dalí to transform the saddle of the horse into an iconic melted clock. For this sculpture, Dalí created the maquette in wax, moulding it with his fingers. The hand markings are visible in the body of the horse, its muscles and particulary the mane.