High end watch line with Tiki masks in 90s....help me remember who made them

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In the 90s, there was limited run of a line of watches created with Tiki-inspired masks on the dial. The mask rotated, IIRC. Each piece was different colors and masks.

I'm pretty sure it was a high-end brand that made them, and at the time, the watches were written up in magazines (pre-internet). I can't seem to find them by searching google, wondering if anybody remembers something like this.
 
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Ah, that's it! Thank you!
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Glad I could help!
Had no idea they existed, but a picture of one appeared when searched for "tiki mask dial watch" on Google.

Also, lots of $45 versions sold-out on Amazon, so I guess there's a market for masks-themed watches after all... Jim Carrey probably has the whole 12 VC's above.

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Those are sooo cool. I've never seen the Mask Vaches before. Must be fun to design dials. Poor artist that I am, in early 90s before I had a "real" watch, Swatch were popular and I remember thinking up chronograph dials. Later when I got into watch repair, I used to know an old Swiss case maker who did repair for me. His father or uncle used to do cloisonne dials in Switzerland. The dial really makes the watch.
 
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Saw some of this line at the VC factory back in the day...never really warmed up to them myself...

 
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That's pretty wild. I like the time telling mechanism, but it's a bit too much for my taste. Does anybody actually own one?