The worlds most unusual watches
The worlds most unusual watches
This unusual watch tells time with LCD bars, not hands. The oversized face has two rows of bars, one for hours and one for minutes. Successive bars appear throughout the day. The stainless steel watch is set in a stitched leather band that comes…
Keep an eye on the time with this unusual looking concept watch. The design is inspired by the human eye, with two LED rings mimicking the pupil and the iris, and the spokes of the rings rotate to indicate the time. The face features…
This innovative and unusual watch is unlike any you have ever seen before! It features a kind of doodle that is shaped in the form of two circular dials indicating the hour and the minute. The watch reflects the graphic creativity of the designer…
Hamilton was inspired by Base Jumping in creating their new Khaki BASE Jump Auto Chrono and Khaki BASE Jump Automatic watches. Equipped with Swiss ETA movements and oversized 50mm cases that scream “action” the unique feature of the Chrono version is the clever use…
The Azimuth Spaceship watch comes with a jumping hour dial that makes up the body of a stylized, skeleton rocketship. The nose of the ship functions as the minute hand, while a rotating image of the earth doubles as a seconds indicator. The face…
This fun watch features a precision quartz movement set into a signature Hermes padlock. The padlock attaches to the famous Hermes buckle, which is set in an Epsom calfskin double-wrap strap that completes the look in several colors. The buckle and padlock are an…
In 2011 the Swiss watchmaker Louis Chevrolet will release this unusual watch, the “Driver 1911” to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. The face, resembling the instrument panel of a sports car, is tilted at a 45-degree angle for…
Classically elegant this timepiece has a touch of the art-deco about it. Inspired by skyscrapers it the hands are intricately designed, and intended to recall the Empire State Building. The face features two half moon segments containing the minute markers on the right and…
This cool concept watch is part watch and part digital hourglass. The hourglass-shaped, LED face can show the time, with the hour on the top and minutes on the bottom, or display the minutes slipping away as the digital “sand” counts down the time.…
The satin-finished steel case of this watch was designed in a wind tunnel and, with its reverse tear-drop shape, looks like a spaceship ready for lift-off from your wrist. Made for drivers, the face sits at a 35-degree angle. Three sub-dials and a red…
The creative people over at Yanko Design have come up with another interesting concept watch, designed by Jihun Yeom. This one has a transparent face and uses laser beams to indicate the time. A red one for minutes, a blue one points to the…
This diamond encrusted watch from Harry Winston uses two bands of 33 baguette diamonds to tell the time with garnets as markers for the hours and minutes. The simple appearance of this unconventional display belies the complex automatic movement inside that powers it. The…
Pictured above is the pre-production rendering of the next Ferrari timepiece, the Cabestan “Scuderia One” The Scuderia Ferrari team has been participating in Formula 1 for 60 years, the longest of any teams. To celebrate this, watchmakers Cabestan has partnered with Ferrari. Renowned watch…
MCT Sequential One Source: MCT The Sequential One is MCT’s (Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps) first watch, another young Swiss company founded in 2007. They describe themselves as making timepieces that “challenge perceptions in the world of luxury watchmaking and consider ourselves to be in…
With its bio-mechanical insectoid-like appearance this striking timepiece by Timberland could have come from the imagination of Alien designer H.R Giger Though its appearance may be unconventional its features are straightforward. There is a stainless steel case and a simple quartz movement. It will…