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The 1960s and 1970s were characterised by a surge in creativity for watchmakers, who experimented with avant-garde designs at a time when the quartz crisis threatened the industry. ‘There were the aesthetics of new forms, new displays, new technologies and everything in between,’ says Mitch Greenblatt, co-author of. ‘Many were likely prototypical and never produced in large numbers, hence the extreme rarity and relative obscurity.’The new book, co-authored by Josh Sims, looks at the rare and unusual watches that defined three decades of watch design, when both new and more established watch brands played with rewriting traditional design codes.
‘Watches and their shapes were at their most adventurous during the 1960s and 1970s – mirroring the mid-century and the space-age with implied aerodynamics, intentional asymmetry, restrained minimalism and new technologies. A chronograph from this era often looked as cool as the they were intended to ride in,’ adds Greenblatt. ‘A rare new technology like LED were inside stainless steel or solid gold casing and likely cost more than a Rolex of the era.’Greenblatt and Sims celebrate everything from the more unusual design tweaks to the mechanical Swiss digital watches which spearheaded a new time-telling movement in the book. ‘I think if these watches are united in any way, design-wise, it’s in the willingness of the designers behind them to experiment,’ says Sims.
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