Transparent Watches – UNIQUE WATCH guide

The Vincent Calabrese Régulus flying tourbillon

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:24:56 +0000

Just introduced for Baselworld 2014 is a renewed version of the Vincent Calabrese Régulus Flying Tourbillon. Calabrese currently works for Corum and is responsible for the creation of the amazing Golden Bridge. He is also one of the founders of the AHCI. The Regulus features a 36mm transparent case made from Sapphire and because […]

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ArtyA Son of a Gun Target

admin — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:33:45 +0000

ArtyA is a brand created by Swiss designer Yvan Arpa and aims to create watches incorporating elements of contemporary art and unusual materials. The Son of a Gun collection often uses bullets in its watches for instance the Son of a Gun Werewolf model came with two silver bullets, which had been forged during a […]

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Master Graff Skeleton – splendiferously iridescent. slightly pricey.

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:08:54 +0000

Previously announced at this years Baselworld, Graff have just released their “Master Graff Skeleton”. An exuberant piece it should interest those partial to watches that glimmer – and those with limitless coffers. The watch resembles a celebration of the diamond. Not only is it covered with them, but even the case mimics the shape of […]

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Issey Miyake ‘O’ Watch is inspired by, and named after water.

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:12:37 +0000

It is the 10th anniversary of the Issey Miyake Watch Project and to celebrate this occasion Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka in collaboration with Seiko instruments has created the “O” watch. The name is a play on the French word for water “eau” which is pronounced the same as the letter “o”. You can clearly […]

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Quinting Transparent Watch. Sapphire crystal discs indicate time.

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:19:30 +0000

The Quinting watches claim to be the worlds first transparent watches. This transparent watch is quite a mystery since there appears to be no visible means of a movement to drive the hands, very intriguing and clever. The quartz movement is hidden inside the case around the transparent dial. The hands appear to operate with […]

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Aurora Laser Beam Concept Watch

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:15:14 +0000

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 hour, the bevel of the watch switches on the laser beam […]

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Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse: Transparent wonder.

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:27:44 +0000

The Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse uses Louis Vuitton’s new movement the calibre LV115 and is a transparent wonder based on the mysterious movement clocks created by famed watchmaker Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin in the 19th century. Its the first movement to be entirely made by Louis Vuitton at the brands workshops in Switzerland with 115 hand-mounted […]

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Corum Golden Bridge. The unique baguette movement.

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:34:30 +0000

Pictured is the Titanium hand-wound version of the Corum Golden Bridge. The mechanical Golden Bridge movement made a strong impact right from the time of its first presentation in 1980. Over 30 years ago, this exceptional baguette movement with its innovative construction wrote a new chapter in the history of watchmaking. Introduced in 2011 for […]

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Phillip Starck designed O Ring watch for Fossil.

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:23:54 +0000

With the “O Ring” watch designer Phillip Starck has created a watch for Fossil featuring a completely see through central section. The hours are displayed using numbers and the minutes in segments using a unique holographic digital display. Other features include stainless band with hidden clasp, 41mm x 11mm in size, its also available in […]

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Mechanical Mystery: Thomas Prescher double axis tourbillon

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:13:14 +0000

Prescher is one of the top makers of single and multi-axis Tourbillons which are usually the focal point of his watches. At first glance its hard to fathom just how this timepiece is powered since there appears to be no apparent connection between thhe display and the movement. Its no wonder therefore that Thomas Prescher […]

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