starck palindrome watches a study in simplicity
December 27th, 2007 post a comment (5) stumble it! by: technabob
Design virtuoso Philippe Starck continues to crank out some beautifully minimal timepieces, and these are no exception. The Starck Palindrome series offers up a design so clean that it doesn’t even look like it has a minute hand at first glance.
Look closer, and you’ll notice that the minute hand is actually replaced by the Starck logo on the watch’s slightly ovoid face. Then, a single rectangular block displays the current hour.
I was able to find these watches from Fossil in a men’s black ($125) and women’s white model ($110). With a little digging, you might be able to grab the hard-to-find, but oh-so-cool silver and orange version if you Google around a bit.
December 27th, 2007 post a comment (5) stumble it! by: technabob
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5 comments post a comment
1. gigi | December 27th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
frickin cool! frickin cool! i even like the texture on the watchband.
2. Yu Shuo | December 28th, 2007 at 6:07 am
good,very creative
3. dylan | January 1st, 2008 at 6:58 am
surely its the other way round? The name sticking out less suggests that that is the hour hand, and the longer rectangle the minute.
4. technabob | January 1st, 2008 at 8:08 am
Yeah, that’s what I thought would make sense too — but the description I was able to find (translated from French)…
“The hour hand of this watch unisex seems to float by magic while the minutes (symbolized by the logo Starck) runs on a disc.”
5. kisalex | January 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Just got an orange/silver one as a present. Yes, it’s weird: the hour hand is longer than the the minute one. I don’t know if I can get used to it.
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