August 24, 2007 at 12:23 pm
· Filed under Fashion, Industrial Design, Watches
Technabob pointed to Phillipe Starck’s latest, cantilevered watch design the other day. As usual, the design is brilliantly minimal while still innovative. Gizmodo picked up the news/photo and then added, “their innards are cheap as a dime store windup toy.” Unlike Gizmodo, I got my hands on my own cantilevered Starck yesterday and the build quality is fantastic. Take a look:
I’m not sure where they got their information, but the “innards” are the same (high-) quality movements of any other Starck/Fossil licensed brand watch. Definitely not cheap.
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Teckrieg wrote @ August 24th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Hey Jacob,
I see your point, you’re a fan of Phillipe Starck’s design?
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The innards are Japanese movements from what I’ve heard. Hey, if they were Chinese, I’d say that Gizmodo might have a point, but the only thing better than Japanese quartz movements in the watch world are Swiss movements - but then the watch would cost $1000 or more in price.
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