New Steampunk Watch Direction: Asymmetry, Big Gears: New Items From Olga Clock Works

It’s been a while since I covered new work from one of my favorite watch and clock artists; Olga Narozhna (click to visit her site). I wrote an at length article about her here. Among her many fine efforts, she offers really interesting steampunk watch creations, that if you are lucky, she sells on eBay. [...]

Pop Art TechnoMarine Cruise Britto Collection Reminds Us Of Novel Swatch Watches From The 80’s

Brazilian Artist Romero Britto has popularity in many art circles because his work combines styles cherished by many. Though he has his own distinct look, it is all heavily influenced by Picasso cubism, Roy Lichtenstein pop art, Japanese pop art, and a “world” urban happy feel. I’d say that most of his art tends to [...]

Experience With The DeWitt WX-1 Concept; A Watch Defying Convention With Unorthodox, Yet Timeless Composure

I began writing this article over a month ago in my mind, but haven’t begun reducing it to writing until now. It’s not that I struggle to find words suitable for this watch, rather, its a watch that inspires me to say so much. In fact, calling it a watch is almost a misnomer, because [...]

DeWitt Shines In The Glow Of Watch Dealer Shapur In San Francisco

Thursday was a nice day in San Francisco, and I was excited about being invited to meet with Mr. Pierre Halimi Lachorlotte at Shapur here in San Francisco. Pierre is the General Manager of DeWitt watches here in America, which is a humble title for President of North American Operations. Another reason I was excited [...]

Breguet Grand Complication Ref. 1160 Pocket Watch: Return Of A Legend In Spirit And Actuality

1783 France - Louis Abraham Breguet is contacted for the commission of the world’s most elegant and complicated timepiece to be handed to Queen Marie-Antoinette. A task commissioned by Count Axel de Ferson, an officer in the Queen’s high guard, and a suitor to the queen. Price and time meant nothing, “make the most spectacular [...]

The H.R. Giger Take On Watches: He Loves Swatch Watches

Though state in 1993, I doubt H.R. Giger has changed the way he feels about watches. “I will wear a Swatch, the real thing, from the cradle to the grave.” Best know for his macabre and dark industrial, future goth design style, Giger is probably most widely known for his design of the alien, in [...]

Steampunk Art As Wearable Watch

The steampunk revolution continues to churn quietly as more products and crafts are being made in the distinctive motif. Sometimes being called “clockwork” or “Neo-Victorian” the style of using watch gears, movements, leather, bolts, and other implements of industrialization is becoming much more popular. While the steampunk genre has been around for a while, it [...]