Category Unique Watches

Watches are not only functional but also serve as a fashion statement. Many watchmakers have taken this a step further by creating watches with unique and unusual designs that capture the attention of watch enthusiasts and fashion lovers alike. In this category, you will discover watches that have unique and unusual designs.

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Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat a “wrist spacecraft” inspired by Star Wars

The Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat is a wristwatch unlike any other, referred to by the brand as a “wrist spacecraft.” The UR-112 Aggregat Odyssée by URWERK is inspired by spacecraft from popular science fiction universes like Star Wars, Watchmen, Star Trek, and Battlestar Galactica. The watch features a combination of matte, polished, and sandblasted finishes…

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The Barrelhand P1 features unusual design and display

The Barrelhand P1 watch features an unusual way to tell the time with a Geneva jump hour display at the top and a linear minute system at the bottom. The case is made out of a lightweight grade 5 titanium is CNC machined and hand finished in the US . The back of the…

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Xeric Leadfoot driver’s watch pays tribute to muscle cars

With the Xeric Leadfoot Automatic the brand set out to create a unique timepiece that pays tribute to the iconic cars of the ’60s and ’70s. The Xeric Leadfoot is a drivers watch that blends the bold style and colors of the muscle car era but combined with the sophistacted contemporary watchmaking With a…

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Hublot Big Bang MP-11 uses unusual material “Saxem”

Hublot, always on the lookout for new technologies, has just unveiled a limited edition of 20 copies of its Big Bang MP-11 (with a 14 day power reserve) with a 45 mm case (water resistant to 30 meters) in Saxem, an innovative material with an emerald green color. In their development of the Big Bang…

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World’s first independent watch with inverted movement under $20k

As implied by the name, the Xeric Invertor has its automatic winding rotor displayed on the top of the watch rather than underneath making for a distinctly unique appearance and an unusual way of displaying the time and allowing you to see the time and automatic rotor in the same glance. Having the movement…

H. Moser Swiss Alp Watch tells you the time despite no hands or digits..

If you like expensive watches then no doubt you have probably heard of the brand H. Moser. Named after watchmaker Heinrich Moser, they brings watches to the market that are said to be rare. The independent family business is not part of a large concern and makes everything in-house and often create very unique or unusual…

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New Nixie watch designs from Ukraine

Nixie watches seem to have been growing in popularity lately, these new Nixie watch models use unique indicator lamps IN-16, IV-9 and IV-3A  which were manufactured in Ukraine. The Era model is pictured above but they come in three different models – the Nixoid, Glower and Era, they are chargeable via usb and have…

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Dick Tracy watch – comic book watch brought to life

1946 was the year the Dick Tracy watch was first introduced in comic strip form. A futuristic spy gadget featuring a two-way radio it captured peoples imagination and has continued to do so, it certainly held a fascination for Connecticut-based brothers Nick and Charlie Mathis,  “Since we were kids, we’ve wanted the real Dick…

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MB&F creation is inspired by jellyfish, the HM7 Aquapod

The founder of MB&F, Maximillian Busser had the idea for the MB&F Horological Machine N°7 Aquapod when a jellyfish stung his wife’s foot. Every year, there is an anticipation for what MB&F will come up with and having pushed the limits of watchmaking by propelling itself into space (HM2, HM3, HM6), the sky (HM4) and…

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Azimuth Grand Turismo inspired by vintage cars

The Azimuth Grand Turismo is another unusual watch addition to the Azimuth line up which has included other  unique watches that have been inspired motor vehicles, such as a tank with the Azimuth SP1 Landship , 60s motorcycles with the SP1 Crazy Rider and more recently the Azimuth Twin Turbo which was inspired by 60s sports cars. The…

Daniel Strom Giger tribute watch features Alien designs

With Halloween just round the corner, something a little darker for you, a watch or “wrist sculpture”  featuring  the Alien designs from the mind of H.R Giger. The case includes heads and skull pieces taken from Giger’s Biomechanoid creature , while the dial forms a spectacular silver relief that is inspired by one of the artist’s…

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“Whisky Watch” contains world’s oldest whisky.

Timekeeping meets the Scottish art of distillation in the Whisky Watch, an unusual watch which features  a chamber embedded in the dial containing a single drop of the worlds oldest whisky, a Glenlivet 1862. The Whisky Watch is a partnership between watchmaker Louis Moinet and Polish company, Wealth Solutions known for specializing in luxury collectibles. Louis…

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Worlds first mechanical watch pen, the Anura Rafael Write Time

The Anura Rafael Write Time is the worlds first mechanical watch pen. Combining a tourbillon watch and fountain pen into one, the Anura Rafael Write Time is a unique convertible objet d’art that transforms from watch to pen and vice versa. Its made up of what the brand refers to as a “capsule” which to use…

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Konstantin Chaykin Joker watch

Batman watches are all the rage with the impressive looking Romain Jerome Batman watch featuring the bat signal on the dial, the awesome looking Rebellion T-1000 Gotham as well as the futuristic Romain Jerome Spacecraft Batman watch. Now Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin has come out with another unique creation: the Konstantin Chaykin Joker watch. Another highly…

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First watch made from cheese, the Swiss Mad Watch.

This ones not for the lactose intolerant watch lover. The CEO of Moser Edouard Meylan describes the aptly named “Swiss Mad Watch” as “unique, symbolic, and irreverent”,  but it could also be called cheesy and I’m not talking about its looks but the material its made from because this watch is literally made from cheese! This is…

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Escape from New York watch, the Lifeclock One

Officially licensed the unusual Lifeclock One is a version of Snake Plissken’s countdown watch from Escape from New York. Set in the then near-future of 1997 the 1981 film by John Carpenter is a dystopian action film set in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security…