In a year when watchmaking may have spared Switzerland a major economic blow, it just so happens that many of its biggest names are celebrating huge birthdays. The editors attempt to surprise each other with their anniversary acumen and find some meaning in it all.
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Is the circle a necessity of mechanics or just a habit of history? From the “glimpse of the future” offered by 1950s asymmetry to the conservatism of the post-Quartz era, we trace the struggle between ergonomic logic and the desire for wearable sculptures.
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Is the circle a necessity of mechanics or just a habit of history? From the “glimpse of the future” offered by 1950s asymmetry to the conservatism of the post-Quartz era, we trace the struggle between ergonomic logic and the desire for wearable sculptures.
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Born from the same independent spirit that disrupted horology at the turn of the millennium, the new UR-FREAK is the mechanical fusion Ulysse Nardin and URWERK were destined to create.
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