Ora Unica (One Hour) Watch by Denis Guidone

06.02.08
Anthony James

Time to Watch this Line

A watch for keeping time is becoming less and less a part of society. With many of us now looking at our mobile phones for the correct network calibrated time, the watch industry has seen a massive decline in sales over the past decade. Wearing a watch in 2008 is becoming more of a utilitarian fashion accessory, than a way to count the hours. Denis Guidone was just selected as the winner of the international design competition Adamo Eva. His whimsical scribble watch design called “Ora Unica”, meaning One Hour, is a wonderful contrast of chaos and order mixed together. In their words, “The hour and minute hands are represented by a single line drawn on two circular faces, which turn one inside the other. Both faces together resemble a graphical gesture, a doodle that changes as time passes.” So now you know what time it is… I think.

Designer: Denis Guidone

44 Comments »

06.02.08
Erik R. says

First of all, it’s almost certainly spelled “Hora Unica” with a silent H. And a better translation of that in English would be “Only Time”.

06.02.08
Anthony James says

It is not, they designed it and spelled it that way. Thanks for the look out though.

06.03.08
Sam says

That would be if it were Spanish. It is not, however. It is Italian.

And a better translation might be “Single hour”, although “One hour” is acceptable.

06.03.08
geeriman says

Or maybe Unique Hour?

06.02.08
Jamiro says

I want it! Now!

06.02.08
lolec says

I like this design a lot, it would be cool if you link the artist portfolio or the web you get that

also, i think the best translation would be Single Hour

06.02.08
Denis Guidone says

Hi i’m Denis
Ora unica cooming soon
you will can buy it
for more information about Ora Unica
post message to denisguidone@gmail.com

06.02.08
james says

cool watch, it was added at http://gearcult.com

06.03.08
igreenspot says

it would be great if there are more images, I’m confused how are we supposed to read the time with this watch ?

06.03.08
Lim says

Yah…What time is it now ?

06.03.08
h says

I think it’s 11:40. It has a perfect white circle with a black border in the center and the line inside it points to the hour. That “hour face” is on top of the “minute face”, which has a line pointing to the minute. Just guessing though.