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This Watch Aims to Re-Create the Museum Dial Timepiece

— October 6, 2015 — Fashion
In a collaborative effort between Swiss watch brand Movado and industrial designer Yves Béhar, the Museum Dial timepiece has been re-created. This modernized version of a 134-year-old watch brings a sense of elegance and class into the watch industry.

This particular watch contains no numbers, but instead it uses slight indentations around the entire perimeter. There are a total of 60 ridges on the inside of each face. At the top of the face where the number 12 would sit, there is a raised bump. Aside from the watch hands, there is nothing else contained within the walls of the Museum Dial-mimicking timepiece.

Each watch is made with a bowl-shaped aluminium face and there are a select variety of colors such as light pink and jet black.

Trend Themes

  1. Re-created Timepieces — Opportunity for watch brands to modernize and reintroduce classic designs.
  2. Minimalist Watch Design — Potential for watch brands to create sleek and simple timepieces without traditional numerical indicators.
  3. Aluminium Watch Faces — Innovation opportunity for materials and manufacturing industries to explore the use of aluminum for watch faces.

Industry Implications

  1. Watch Manufacturing — Watch manufacturers can capitalize on the re-creation of classic timepieces and the demand for minimalist designs.
  2. Industrial Design — Designers can find opportunities in creating modernized versions of traditional watches.
  3. Materials and Manufacturing — The use of aluminum for watch faces presents an opportunity for the materials and manufacturing industries to explore new applications.
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