It seems appropriate to follow up the Omega Moon Mission Collection with another extraterrestrial themed timepiece — Wristwatches made of meteorite, the truest of space-age materials.
These rare rocks traveled millions of years to find this infinitely tiny speck of a planet, somehow not completely burn up in our atmosphere, find their way to land instead of water, be fortunate enough to be discovered by modern man, delivered to a luxury watch company, and wind up on your privileged little wrist. Read the rest of this entry »
Not only is today is my two year wedding anniversary but also the first year anniversary of The Watchismo Times! Just one year ago today, I decided to share my particular and sometimes peculiar horological tastes of extraordinary antique, vintage and modern timepieces on this blog. All part of a sincere and sometimes obsessive attempt to spread my passion for perfect design, complex watchmaking, and appreciation for the unusual. Read the rest of this entry »
For the first of The Watchismo Times British epistles (by new TWT contributor Alex Doak), heres a suitably charming tale of British eccentricity, demonstrating a stalwart sense of heritage combined with that slightly anorakish tenacity of ours
The surreal photo above (via worldarchitecturenews) actually depicts a 92-year-old gentlman by the name of Roland Hoggard. Bolted to the side of his barn, on a smallholding in Nottinghamshire, is the original clockface from Londons St Pancras railway station. Read the rest of this entry »
In my collecting history, I always had a special place for oblong, oval, rectangular, thin, or just very wide watches. The problem they all share is the restriction of their hands being only as long as the shortest width of the dial. Once the hands reach their widest points, they often appear too dwarfed. It got me thinking, how cool would it be if hands of a watch could extend out as the width of the watch gets wider and contract back to the smallest? Well, lo and behold, I discovered nearly everything has been done before at some point in time. Expanding and contracting hand history was sporadic and only a few were ever made. Read the rest of this entry »
A few highlights from the upcoming Sothebys “Important Watches” auction on October 9th in Hong Kong. See the entire online catalog here–>Link
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Rolling eye clocks - first patented in 1926 by the J. Oswald Company of Germany with early models carved of wood and cast from metal after World War II. (Time shown above is 2:46)
The dials are represented as the eyes separating the hours on the left and minutes to the right. This collection of cross-eyed genies, skulls, monkeys, gnomes, owls, and dogs (LOTS of dogs) are an interesting cast of antique novelty clocks. Read the rest of this entry »
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Now, here is a Rolex color scheme that speaks to my shag carpet sensibilities…
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As of today, adventurer Steve Fossett is still missing after his plane disappeared last week. One of the more troubling details is that his Breitling Emergency wristwatch has yet to be turned on.
A downed pilot can activate a micro-transmitter in the watch by unscrewing the cap, pulling out the antenna, and waiting for rescue. (A Breitling Emergency success story from 2003–>Link) Read the rest of this entry »
Up until this point, the newly (re)launched Ikepod had a secret watch called the Black Hole, only being shown as a silhouette (below), and a limited edition of 66. Now, thanks to Kong at the Purists Watchprosite, who photographed the now likely sold out model at the Tempus event in Singapore, we can finally see what was just over the event horizon. Read the rest of this entry »