This concrete watch draws design inspiration from WWI’s vintage timepieces & urban architecture - Yanko Design

If y'all visit Taiwan, you lot'll find that well-nigh of the compages is built using cement. Then in 2006 the founder of Taiwan-based 22 Design Studio saw Nihon's exquisite, cast-in-place physical architecture and realized that the material had potential to be moulded creatively and could be used in product design likewise. And then, 22 Pattern Studio launched a series of rings and stationary inspired by urban architecture and the latest addition to that range is their Concrete Sector watch!

This minimal watch is also inspired by architecture and urban life, to put it in the studio'south own words, "Information technology is a metropolitan watch designed for urban residents, emphasizing the perfect balance of design, adroitness and practicality." The Physical Sector sentinel too draws elements from the battlefields of WWI, specifically the trench picket blueprint which was introduced to be a user-friendly alternative to the pocket watch the soldiers were carrying. Like their other concrete items, this lookout is too crafted using 22 Design Studio'south exclusive concrete curing procedure which gives it that unique brutalist aesthetic. The technique used is called 'béton brut' where the physical is left unfinished after being cast and this showcases the patterns and seams imprinted on information technology by the formwork.

The dial's structured 3D grooves are cut into radial 12 and threescore equal parts. The shadow acquired by the cutting is used as the fourth dimension calibration to accurately bespeak every minute and second. The concrete grid rises slightly in the "22nd" minute as a slight nod to the studio'due south piece of work. The Concrete Sector watch features Swiss Sellita SW200-i automatic winding movement with a ability reserve of 38 hours and comes in a 316L medical grade stainless steel case. It is also h2o resistant upward to 50 meters, scratch-resistant and has an anti-cogitating sapphire drinking glass. The sandwich structure is also coated with Super-LumiNova which makes information technology piece of cake to read time in day and nighttime. This handmade timepiece has contemporary dial with a vintage soul.

Designer: 22 Design Studio

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