They’re heeeerrre…. just a few months ago Romain Jerome announced a licensing deal with TAITO Corporation authorizing the manufacture of a Space Invaders-themed timepieces–and now they have arrived! The two cosmically cool 78-piece limited edition watches featuring the iconic Space Invaders characters on the dial hand-drawn pixelated strokes in a 3D format, one for night
Category Archives: Watches
Mixtape Watch – Revisiting the 80’s while keeping Track of Time
Remember the cassette tape? Between the early 1970s and the late 1990s, the cassette was one of the two most common formats for pre-recorded music, first alongside the LP….which have both met an early grave. The cassette tape has become impractical in today’s gigabyte era, but this wristwatch shows how sexy and classy the ol’
Mixing colors and orbs – Ziiiro’s Aurora and Orbit Watches
Dubbed “Aurora” and “Orbit”, watch designers Ziiiro have come up with two new watches use an analog mechanism to display time as a mix of colors or as a pair of circling orbs. With a learning curve similar to earlier models of Ziiiro watches, you intuitively learn a new way of telling time, just by
$250K Mind Boggling Harry Winston Opus Eleven
Thinking outside the box this touch of steampunk comes from the mind of Denis Giquet of MCT. The Opus Eleven has nearly 566 parts exposed in the main face – it features three overlapping cylinders on three separate levels configured to “deconstruct” time, while the hour indicator “explodes into chaos” once an hour. The $250,
Konect USB Watch – Data Transfer with the Flick of a Wrist
Designer Olivier Demangel seems to have a knack for coming up with futuristic looking unique styles of watches. Just like with the Solaris Series, his new Konect USB/MP3 watch takes the design of what a traditional watch would look like and flushes it down the toilet. Sick and tired of losing or forgetting his USB
Excusive version of the Elite Meccanico dG Watch Unveiled
A new exclusive version of the world’s first mechanical watch by De Grisogono, which can display both digital and analogue, will be shown of at BaselWorld 2011. The extremely complicated mechanics inside the Meccanico dG was first shown off in 2008 however this time around will see a white analog and digital display, matte black
The Bright Colors of Shin Azumi`s Sol Watch
The name says it all, as Japanese designer Shin Azumi explains how his solar-powered watch, the Sol, was inspired by his love for the sun. Unlike most traditional solar powered devices that try to hide the Photovoltaic cell, the Sol attempts to draw attention to it by encasing it in the same polyurethane strap as
Wewood Watch made for the true Environmentalist
For thetrue environmentalist, Los Angeles based Wewood, have designed two collections of watches made from all natural wood and free of artificial and toxic materials…meaning they are completely hypo-allergenic. ‘Date’ and ‘Crono’ use miyota movement and are crafted using various hardwoods, such as Ebony (black), Red Wing Celtis (brown), Maple (beige) and Guaiaco (Army). Buying
Thinking outside the box – Resolve 3-braclet magnetic watch
I get easily confused by looking at an analogue clock with only 12 numbers on it, so this thing is kind of throwing me for a loop. From the minds of Russian design studio Podvaal, ‘revolve’ is a three-piece watch, around whose rings the hours, minutes, and seconds are each independently displayed. The fact that
Master Time with the Hublot La Clé Du Temps Watch
Sticking with the theme of watches, the visually stunning looking Hublot La Clé Du Temps watch is part of the Hublot Confrerie line – a series of watches that represent the Swiss brand’s most futuristic and exclusive work. Luckily for us they didn’t go for the Tron blue color, instead opting for neon green, which
