Apr 19, 2011

Digital versus Mechanical: 4N-MVT01 watch.

Once again it’s a wrist based time piece which we’re talking about in the office here. This brilliant watch looks like a mess of numbers until you closer and see that it is actually made up of a series of discs which rotate in the same way a hand would do on a traditional watch. You can see the movement above which lets this happen.

This means the watch has a Digital look display but is completely Mechanical.

The French companies, 4N and Renaud & Papi have merged their abilities to create this watch which they call the MVT01. Using a wide variety of materials in the production they offer the watch with a “self fastening strap”. The level of detail is very high, (quoting the press release). it uses “520 hand decorated components, which reflects the daring and mastery of this independent and young brand”

Whilst being a bit of a watch snob and loving the Tag Heuer Monaco (which you can read about here) this one strikes a note with me, which means it goes into our little blog as a winning design for it’s novel design, but, personally, I can’t help thinking it could be a bit smaller, maybe a bit more “classic” in its look. Still wouldn’t say no to one though!

As usual, you can take your mouse to clickville on the image above, to go to their website for more information.

Now, about the numbers… what typeface should they be? Discuss.

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Mar 04, 2010

Synchronise watches to stunning.

For ages I’ve been a fan of Tag Heuer watches. Don’t know, precisely, when that started, but I’ve always liked the way they look, feel and work. My personal favourite– and the object that I am saving up my hard earned pennies for at the moment, is a Tag Heuer Monaco, the beautiful square chronograph that has been prominent for 40 years now.

So, here is the most amazing version of the watch I’ve seen to date. This is the Monaco “24″ concept. It’s only a concept, which demonstrates the amazing craftsmanship that Tag Heuer are capable of, but lord knows if it became available to buy right now I would be taking out a loan. The watch sports the iconic “Gulf Oil” livery that Steve McQueen wore in his 1970 film “Le Mans” and a 24 instead of the usual 12 that the watch has at the top of it’s face to reflect it’s heritage.

I love my current Tag Heuer watch, but I am seriously going to have to look at selling it to get a boost in my saving fund to get me somewhere nearer my goal… hopefully by then, this beautiful watch will be available to buy.

As ever, click the image to go to the Tag Heuer website and see the watch in more detail, including the videos from the company on how it was conceived and produced. Everybody says, simply stunning.