The worlds most unusual watches
The worlds most unusual 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.
To celebrate their 30th anniversary Jacob & Co. and have released the unusual Twin Turbo Twin Triple Axis Tourbillon which combines two triple-axis tourbillons and a minute repeater in a sports style case, a rarity and very unconventional for a Grande Complication! With no less than 572 components, to describe it as complicated is an understatement and some…
“We are fans of the 1960s movie Easy Rider, starring Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda. I remember watching the film and getting inspired by its message of fearlessness and freedom, and we wanted to convey this through the SP-1 Crazy Rider,” says the creator of Azimuth. Taking inspiration from wide, endless highways and the…
Founded in 2005 by the Swiss Maximilian Büsser, the young brand MB&F are known for their unique luxurious creations, as well as watches resembling spaceships they have designed the very unusual table clocks Melchior and Arachnophobia. Recently the brand has unveiled the MB&F LM1 Silberstein, a new exceptional timepiece. It is the fruit of a…
The Hublot MP-07 debuted earlier this year and is part of Hublot’s line of watches with huge power reserves, the previous one being the awesome looking MP-05 La Ferrari with an amazing total of 50 days of power reserve. The Hublot MP-07 like the MP-05 uses a series of stacked mainspring barrels to give…
Swiss independent brand Azimuth is well known for creating unusual watch designs such as their very cool SP1 Landship with a design reminiscent of a World War I tank or their whimsical Mr Roboto watch inspired by early tin robots made in Japan in the 1950’s.. Despite their avant-garde designs their watches use off…
The Hautlence Vortex Primary is a partnership with ex-footballer Eric Cantona that has yielded a striking and unusual design featuring 19 stained glass panels through which the technically impressive Hautlence movement can be viewed (the Hautlence HLR 2.0 calibre). The hour is displayed by a vertical belt style indicator at the nine o’clock position, the…
A “useless yet entirely essential object” is the way Hautlence describes this ‘watch’ (?) , not sure I would agree with the second part. The Playground Labyrinth is from a new series of ‘timeless’ wrist pieces from Swiss watchmaker Hautlence. As you can see it has no dials or numbers but instead has a…
The Frederic Jouvenot Sin is the latest watch from Frédéric Jouvenot and features a face indicating the passage of 24 hours with the moon and the sun in three dimensions Since its establishment in 2008 Frédéric Jouvenot has created several interesting pieces notably the HELIOS SOLAR DEITY which won the Watch Award at the…
Seiko recently announced the release of a limited edition re-issue of the Seiko Giugiaro 7A28-7000. This is one of the first watches designed by Italian car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, and it became famous because of its association with the 1986 film Aliens. Of all Seiko Giugiaro watches this one could well be the most…
Released earlier in the year the Cabestan Triple Axis Tourbillon has a design thats inspired by the catamaran: its shape resembling the two parallel floating sections these unique vessels have. It is the first watch to be completely designed and developed by Eric Coudray. Coudray is very knowledgeable on the subject of tourbillons having…
Founded in 2004 by Manuel Emch, Romain Jerome’s newest creation designed to enable the vigilante of Gotham City to avoid tardiness is based on their Spacecraft model: the Romain Jerome Spacecraft Batman. Likely to divide opinion this is not the first model the independent Swiss watchmaker has designed that’s been inspired by the famous superhero from the DC Comics universe.…
The continuation of the Harry Winston Opus saga has finally arrived after a 2 year wait with the launch of The Harry Winston Opus 14. The Opus 14 has been called a “Jukebox on your wrist” . This is in reference to its unique mechanical configuration using four stacked disks which recall the nostalgic automated music-playing…
The release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has lead to companies around the world excitedly launching Star Wars themed products. Devon, an American company famous for its Tread model watch which uses four tiny microstep motors to drive the movement have created a striking new and very limited Star wars watch, a more high end timepiece…
Today we are looking at a couple of unusual watches by Ollivier Savéo. Ollivier has worked as a jeweler for many prestigious companies over his twenty-five year career and with watchmakers Roger Dubuis, Gay Frères and Quinting. He was awarded the “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” prize in 2000, this was in recognition of his…
MB&F HMX – A 10th Anniversary Horological Machine To celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2015 MB&F have released the HMX or Horological Machine 10 which is their least expensive wristwatch to date. There is one basic fact about birthdays that is fairly safe to assume: The one celebrating usually gets the presents. However, for the most…
The Timeburner is an unusual watch that is inspired by Miki Eleta’s passion for the earliest internal combustion engines and is designed as a tribute to them. The celebrated master timepiece maker and kinetic artist based in Switzerland whose dream is to “make unimaginable mechanical art a reality” collaborated with independent watch maker Marc Jenni to…