Do Less: The Industrial Watch
A watch tells a lot about a man. There’s a time and a place for obnoxiously large, diamond encrusted, chrono-maritime-graphs that give more sun glares than time; That place is the ESPYS. There’s also a time and place for your ipod nano-digital-touchscreen-tamagotchi watch; 3rd grade. Over the past few years we’ve gone through a time piece revolution, from the digital end to the obnoxiously gaudy is better end and watches jam packed with chronographs, chronometers, borometers and altimeters have swarmed the very places they weren’t meant for; Sea level. So this spring make a move toward simplicity. A sleeker, classic look will get you more of a head turn than the Decepticon your pal has on his wrist. The industrial style watch comes from, you guessed it, the industrial age and replicated to look like an easy readable clock. Uniform Wares 200 Series The design is inspired by the simplicity and utilitarian functionality of mid century factory wall clocks made by British manufacturers such as Smiths Sectric, The General Post Office and Gents of Leicester. $346.00 Uniform Wares ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Mondaine Railway Simplicity and modern at it’s finest. The Mondaine Railway watch design is based on Swiss Railways (SBB) more »
