watches archives | designboom | architecture & design magazine https://www.designboom.com/watches/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 21 Nov 2023 07:01:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MB&F builds four mini rooms around HM11 architect watch, inspired by 1960s architecture https://www.designboom.com/design/mbf-hm11-architect-watch-1960s-architecture-timepiece-titanium-11-16-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/mbf-hm11-architect-watch-1960s-architecture-timepiece-titanium-11-16-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:30:40 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1030305

MB&F’s HM11 architect watch has its entire timepiece movable too so the wearer can see what’s inside each room, one of them even houses a thermometer.

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hublot launches transparent takashi murakami watch with petals made entirely of sapphire https://www.designboom.com/design/hublot-new-takashi-murakami-mp-15-watch-sapphire-central-tourbillon-11-10-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/hublot-new-takashi-murakami-mp-15-watch-sapphire-central-tourbillon-11-10-2023/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:15:16 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1029268

takashi murakami’s signature flower takes the key design in hublot’s new sapphire MP-15, coupled with a central flying tourbillon that moves like kinetic sculpture.

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steel watch without hour markers vibrates to tell how many minutes passed https://www.designboom.com/design/naerwear-steel-watch-stund-time-vibration-11-08-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/naerwear-steel-watch-stund-time-vibration-11-08-2023/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:01:19 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1028680

danish startup naerwear devises STUND, a watch made from a solid block of steel and that tells the wearer how much time has passed instead of showing them what time it is.

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jaeger-lecoultre honors hokusai by reproducing his woodblock prints behind reverso watches https://www.designboom.com/design/jaeger-lecoultre-hokusai-reverso-tribute-enamel-watches-11-01-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/jaeger-lecoultre-hokusai-reverso-tribute-enamel-watches-11-01-2023/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:01:09 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1027128

two of hokusai’s woodblock prints emerge at the back of jaeger-lecoultre’s new reverso enamel watches, each meticulously reproduced as miniature paintings.

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it’s MoMA’s time! UNIMATIC’s zesty watches display colors inspired by the museum’s tickets https://www.designboom.com/design/unimatic-moma-modello-uno-diving-watches-colored-dials-tickets-10-30-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/unimatic-moma-modello-uno-diving-watches-colored-dials-tickets-10-30-2023/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:01:19 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1026410

MoMA and its vibrant museum tickets have become the modern art of time telling via UNIMATIC’s colored dials in its new modello uno diving watches.

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samuel ross blasts and hammers titanium to forge hublot’s big bang tourbillon watch https://www.designboom.com/design/samuel-ross-micro-blasted-titanium-hublot-big-bang-tourbillon-sra-watch-10-23-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/samuel-ross-micro-blasted-titanium-hublot-big-bang-tourbillon-sra-watch-10-23-2023/#respond Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:10:29 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1024748

for hublot’s big bang tourbillon SR_A watch in micro-blasted titanium, samuel ross also designed three changable rubber straps alongside honeycomb patterns surrounding the timepiece.

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makina crafts an angular, contemporary interpretation of three-handed art deco watches https://www.designboom.com/design/makina-angular-contemporary-three-handed-art-deco-watches-andras-i-10-06-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/makina-angular-contemporary-three-handed-art-deco-watches-andras-i-10-06-2023/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:10:25 +0000 Skimbleshanks https://www.designboom.com/?p=1020929

the watch brand transforms the classic into the contemporary to craft an imposing timepiece with minimalist, geometric forms.

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titanium watch with real moon dust from meteorite recalls NASA’s apollo 11 landing https://www.designboom.com/design/nasa-titanium-watch-moon-dust-meteorite-apollo-11-colmacarthur-lunar1622-10-04-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/nasa-titanium-watch-moon-dust-meteorite-apollo-11-colmacarthur-lunar1622-10-04-2023/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:28:38 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1020434

col&macarthur’s LUNAR1,622 with NASA approval commemorates apollo 11 using real meteorite moon dust and coordinates and date of the landing.

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richard mille revives 1980s memphis aesthetics with geometric pastel ceramic watches https://www.designboom.com/design/richard-mille-colored-ceramic-watches-1980s-memphis-design-italian-art-rm-07-01-09-29-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/richard-mille-colored-ceramic-watches-1980s-memphis-design-italian-art-rm-07-01-09-29-2023/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:50:32 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1019444

richard mille’s colored ceramic watches underpin contrasting hues, shapes, and materials that allude to reinterpretation of the 1980s memphis design and italian art.

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Hermès weaves first-ever apple watch bands in knitted nylon with 3D pattern https://www.designboom.com/design/hermes-first-ever-apple-watch-bands-calfskin-nylon-3d-pattern-09-13-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/hermes-first-ever-apple-watch-bands-calfskin-nylon-3d-pattern-09-13-2023/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:30:26 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1016074

the interchangeable apple watch bands can now be exchanged with Hermès’ straps made of knitted nylon or molded rubber with deployment buckle.

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