Jaquez Droz Bird Repeater features animated three dimensional birds.
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…
unique watch guide
The worlds most unusual watches
unique watch guide
The worlds most unusual watches
Latest Valbray watch reveals the devil behind its aperture mechanism.
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…
Trasmissione Meccanica by Giuliano Mazzuoli inspired by motor mechanics.
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…
Mr Jones Sun and Moon watch uses images to indicate the time.
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…
Romain Jerome Day of the Dead Watch
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…
Urwerk UR-210 Maltese Falcon features the worlds-first winding efficiency indicator.
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…
Boegli release new musical watch collection the Boegli grand Opera
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…
Wryst Airborne prototype released
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…
Solder Time 2 DIY watch
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…
Concrete watch inspired by architecture
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…
Sealed Watch uses wax for the dial.
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…
Ventura Sparc MGS receives Red Dot “Best of the Best” award
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…
Metal from Statue of Liberty used in new Romain Jerome Liberty DNA model.
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…
4N Mechanical Digital watch becomes functional.
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…
The controversial Haldimann h9 Reduction
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…
Arrive Fashionably late with the “ish watch”.
The “ish” watch, also sometimes called “Indian stretchable Time” is a watch that makes a humorous comment on Indian scheduling. Based on the idea that Indians often tend to be late due to a…