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Designer Nikita Golovlev has created a watch for the hearing impaired. AlarMe has the ability to alert those who cannot hear an audible alarm by vibration on the watch. The watch has two built in multidirectional microphones that measure the surrounding ambient sound levels. Once the sound changes frequency, the vibrating alarm alerts the user that there is a situation going on and they need to leave the area. The LED lights and face alert the user as to what the alarm is, and if it is a serious situation or one where only caution needs to be had.
1932 Issue of Popular Science
Ettore Sottsass has passed away soundly in his sleep at the age of 90. Founder of the influential Memphis design movement and the iconic 1969 Olivetti typewriters, he also designed watches for Alessi, Seiko, Tissot, and Cleto Munari.
Sottsass Seiko Designs (originally featured here->link)
Sottsass Designs for Tissot
Sottsass for Munari
Sottsass for Alessi
The 1969 Olivetti
Walter Wayle Wall Clock
Barcelona watchmaker, Aniceta Pita released his Pita RE2, a new chronograph with unique non-protruding case-flush pushers and crown. A member of the exclusive AHCI (Horological Academy of Independent Creators), Pita has created a limited edition of 59 RE2's featuring modified vintage Lemania 5100 movements and a patented TSM system of ball bearings to reduce friction.
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An earlier Pita "Carousel" with a single hand that is attached to the movement itself. Note the visible ball bearings.
Now, a few young master watchmakers are turning back the clock."
And from Harry Tan of WatchingHorology;"Because the dial, case, movement is made from one pair of hands, it will never be repeated to the same level of unique quality by any team of watchmakers.
"It's almost akin to Leonardo da Vinci drawing his invention and ultimately building it from scratch."
I love coming across random vintage watch ads of the seventies. For some reason, this simple looking 1970's Precimax watches above allowed you to be on time for key parties and ABBA concerts.
Totally Cubular - 1975 jump hour watches by LGP (Leon Georges Petit) just lounging about in a Verner Panton landscape.
Montremo, a company that built watch components (and still does) made this great looking industry ad in the seventies.
Vintage 1975 Sicura & Hamilton advertisement featuring watches that can walk on water and stand upright. Holy and modern...
Unidentified flying wristwatch by Spatiale Z.R.C.
More seventies inspired mechanical digital watches keep rotating into modern designs including this "Discus" - from the Seiko Moving Design Collection. Featuring a jumping hour display of spinning discs through a porthole viewer and all under a smoky transparent crystal. Powered by a mechanical automatic movement (Automatic 6R15B 23 Jewels with 6 beats per hour (21,600vph). Selling close to $900 outside the US.