Louis Vuitton’s $25,200 mirror steel watch keeps its shine without the scratches
Louis Vuitton is taking minimalism to the next level in watchmaking with the Tambour Convergence Mirror Steel, which at first glance looks more like a…
Watches
Who needs an hour hand when your watch has satellites?
Wandering hours watches have a bit of a wealth gap. On one end, you’ve got Audemars Piguet’s Starwheel and pretty much everything Urwerk makes, priced…
LAWA’s Gradient Watch Uses Rotating Discs Instead of Hands
Most wristwatches give you a pair of hands to follow, even when they’ve stripped away the numbers. LAWA Design’s Gradient Watch removes those pointers, too,…
The “Desktop 95” Watch is a love-letter to the greatest Windows OS of all time
There was a time when a computer’s biggest annoyance was a progress bar inching slowly or a dial-up modem screeching and hissing its way online….
This titanium watch turns Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit into a dial
Ask any American watch nerd about space watches and you’ll hear one word within three seconds: Speedmaster. Moon landing, NASA certification, the whole legend. Meanwhile,…
Casio’s Baby Molly Watch Becomes a Bag Charm Without Tools
While smartwatches have become familiar wearables over the past few years, there’s still an audience out there for analog and digital watches. Character watches in…
Orbit Clock Concept Lets You Pick Up Its Hour and Minute Markers
Clocks have become so familiar that we barely think about what their hands are doing. They point to positions around a circle, a habit that…
Garmin’s New Watches Go 320 Hours Without Dying on You
The most frustrating moment for a sports watch to fail is when you need it most: halfway through a long route with no easy way…
Seiko’s New Panda Chronograph gives your wrist a playful personality without sacrificing function
There are plenty of watches that get called “panda” because of their black-and-white dials. Seiko decided to take that nickname a little more literally, creating…
After 15 Years, Patek Philippe Returns With a Hand-Wound Chronograph That Stores Energy Like a Bow
Perpetual calendar chronographs are Patek Philippe’s version of a solar eclipse. They do not happen often, and when they do, everyone stops what they’re doing…
The Ripe Banana G-SHOCK Nobody Saw Coming at $170
A yellow wristwatch is not that uncommon, especially for brands that love playing around with bright colors. But to see a watch that pays tribute…
Mobvoi TicNote smartwatch has one button, and it’s built to remember what you often forget
I know you will relate to one of these telltale moments. A meeting ends, someone gives you three useful details, and by the time you…
Ressence Doesn’t Want Your Watch to Look Like a Watch
Design Mindset, Yanko Design’s weekly podcast, premieres every week with a new guest and a single animating question: what does it actually take to think…
Genius ‘Tilted’ Apple Watch Band Makes The Entire Experience 10x More Ergonomic
Have you noticed tilting always makes things ‘ergonomic’? A laptop stand tilts the keyboard towards you – ergonomic. A vertical mouse tilts your hands into…
H. Moser’s Off-Grid watch limited to just 1,000 examples has minimalist smart features under the surface
Last year, around the same time, H. Moser & Cie introduced the Streamliner Alpine Mechanics Edition for the Spanish GP, a watch designed around the…
Hublot Turned Jeff Koons’ $58 Million Balloon Dog Sculpture Into a 42mm Watch
Koons has spent three decades turning party balloons into stainless steel, freezing something floppy and disposable into ten feet of mirror-polished permanence. Hublot has now…