The worlds most unusual watches
The worlds most unusual watches
The growing street art craze is the inspiration for the latest watch from designer Andy Kurovets. A little tricky to read at first glance it will perhaps become easier after getting used to the unique display (see image below) that mimics the style and…
The Birds of Jaquez Droz, a dream in many dimensions. Born in 1721, Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the founder of the Workshop that was soon to bear his name, was above all a child of the Swiss Jura. In these valleys that are still today the…
Valbray are a fairly new brand launched in 2009. The unique aspect to their watches is the use of a diaphragm or aperture to hide and reveal the watch face. The aperture consists of 16 blades and does not require lubrication due to the…
Florentine designer Giuliano Mazzuoli is based in Italy’s Chianti hills and draws inspiration for his designs from commonplace objects – he previously designed a pen inspired by a coffee pot. For his new watch the Trasmissione Meccanica he has drawn inspiration from the world…
British watch brand Mr Jones are known for their unusual watch designs, their latest is the “Sun and Moon” watch which features an unconventional way to indicate the time. The Mr Jones Sun and Moon watch doesnt feature a dial in the conventional sense,…
The “Day Of the Dead” or “Día de los Muertos” dates back to Mayan and Aztec times and in honor of the day Romain Jerome have released a new model, the Día de los Muertos. The Romain Jerome Day of the Dead watch is…
Another very cool, and very expensive watch from Urwerk has been released. Urwerk are probably best known for their signature satellite indicators with spinning hour markers. Their latest model has a three dimensional cage that was apparently inspired by the beak of the Maltese…
The Boegli Grand Opera collection is a recent edition to their musical watches. After making square faced muscial watches for over a decade the new collection features a round case for the first time. The mechanical musical movement plays the “chime of bells” from Mozarts…
Wryst have just released a prototype of their Airborne watch (pictured below). The Wryst Airborne FW3, FW4 and FW5 are according to the brand, watches that are “the first Limited Edition watches ever produced that fulfill groundbreaking stylish looks, incredible strength attributes and reliability.”…
Spikenzie Labs have released a new version of their Solder:Time micro-controller DIY watch. The Solder Time 2 like the original is a watch for people who like to build their own (an assembled version is also available), the new version features various upgrades and…
Taking architecture as his inspiration Dzmitry Samal has created a unique watch with a strong geometric design housed inside a case made from unusual material for a watch; concrete. Dzmitry Samal chose concrete because he felt its a ” noble, modern, honest and robust…
If you like the idea of being more involved in a watch`s design process then the novel “Sealed Watch” featuring a sealing wax dial might appeal to you. Its produced by the quirkily named company ‘Be Optimistic and Thankful’ or BOAT for short. As…
In 2000 Ventura invented the worlds first automatic digital (lcd) watch. Now they have just received the Red Dot design award “best of the best” for the Ventura Sparc MGS watch. The Sparc MGS uses their automatic digital display which is driven by a…
To mark the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Romain Jerome have released a new model, the Romain Jerome Liberty-DNA. This model incorporates metal from the Statue of liberty into the dial of the watch which also evokes the colour of oxidized copper. In…
This past week 4N have released a video (below) via their facebook page announcing the fully functioning version of their mechanical digital watch. I wrote about the 4N watch originally back in early 2010 when it was announced. At that time there were only…
Is an artistic/philosophical statement being made here? Finally got around to writing about this …watch? timepiece.. The Haldimann H9 Reduction It was released earlier in the year and caused quite a hoo-ha . The reason it stirred up controversy I think is because it…