Category Archives: Design

Consider the new Tudor Heritage Black Bay (Ref.79220R) 99% official now — though you’ll have to wait until Baselworld 2012 (March) for the official nod. Unlike its big brother Rolex, Tudor has been having some fun in recent years with … Continue reading →

When it comes to conversions — particularly ones with sweeping views — it is hard to beat the minimalist approach, letting context and background speak for themselves. And so it is with this project by Minimal USA, a partial renovation … Continue reading →

The Seiko SNN221 has a reliable quartz movement, hardlex crystal, water resistance to 100m, and what looks to be generous lume on the hands. Of course, here, we also have the addition of a simpler chronograph complication. The subdial at … Continue reading →

Conceived of as a peninsular jutting out from the circulation box abutting the slope, the planar inflection of the space opens to the shimmering expanse of harbour towards Sydney Heads. Essentially a strip of terraced hillside hemmed in by glazed … Continue reading →

A-cero, Joaquin Torres Arquitectos, have completed a house in Marbella, Spain — via CONTEMPORIST

The term Ex [GarcíaGermán Arquitectos] refers to a vital process developed by our client through an abandonment of downtown Madrid and its disadvantages leaving behind a world of urban routines. This displacement aims to achieve a feeling of retreat and … Continue reading →

Henri Grevellec’s home was once six adjacent caves inhabited by quarry workers. Now, most of them are connected via tunnels that the resident carved from the stone with his own hands. He has left many of the features just as … Continue reading →

The Pump House is a piece of the town’s history, having been perched on the edge of Ilkley Moor since 1848, where it operated, as you might have guessed, as a water pumping station. Fancy it? You’ll need around £725,000 … Continue reading →

The tiny house from Ryue Nishizawa and Sou Fujimoto drifts in place within the tiny lot, with barely any boundaries, so that apparently nothing but vases, planters, concrete benches, plexiglass railings and curtains form its sides — via Home Design … Continue reading →

This is the return of the venerable German marque Horex (est 1920) with a VR6-powered Roadster due to start production in a few weeks’ time. And there are some big names backing this company: finance is coming from the German Federal Ministry … Continue reading →

Designed by Patrick Partouche with eight intermodal shipping container units, the home has about 2,200 square feet with great views through large windows and light through polycarbonate panels. Maison Container Lille installed by crane in three days of site work — via … Continue reading →

Never mind the price, it’s out of all of our leagues. But simply marvel at this Paxton Locher-designed futuristic five bedroom house in Hampstead, London NW3. It is a quite stunning design, said to be the finest of all of … Continue reading →

With a history unlike any other, Wall House 2 redefines the limits of architectural design as a function of context in both time and culture. 28 years after the completion of the initial designs and one year after the death … Continue reading →

The new SUB 4000T from Doxa has a power reserve indicator, a 44mm case that’s water resistant to 1220 meters and has an automatic helium release valve. It has a limited release of 200 pieces and is around us$2490 — … Continue reading →

It’s getting harder and harder to impress with a CB750 custom. But this machine, stripped back to bare finishes and muted colors, works a treat. The Natural is a collaboration between two Portland, Oregon builders with complementary skills: Crowe Customs … Continue reading →

This beautiful machine, photographed by Benoit Guerry in France, has just been profiled on the (highly recommended) Southsiderssite. It’s a Triton-style hybrid, built in the 1970s from recovered parts and spares—including a Lowboy frame, shortened Norton Roadholder forks, a Seeley … Continue reading →

The Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 is a limited edition (250) military tribute piece, with thick hands and dial numbers, huge rounded-onion style crown and a huge 57.5mm titanium case — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Scott Colosimo runs Cleveland CycleWerks, a company making cool, affordable custom-style bikes that cost as little as $3195. This bike isn’t on a CCW dealer floor though: it’s Scott’s personal ride, a 1954 BSA M21 that he built himself — … Continue reading →

Australian designer Simon Laws of Anthill Constructions has designed the Drew House, located on the Queensland coast of Australia — via CONTEMPORIST

The Timefactors Speedbird GMT (PRS-22GMT) is a limited edition watch (only 100 pieces), due to the difficulty in sourcing the ETA2893-2 movements used in the watch. This particular movement features everything you’d expect from an automatic (hours/minutes/seconds/date), as also features the … Continue reading →

Doxa’s Splash Gent is a good looking sport watch, with a nice masculine appearance that should win a lot of compliments — via Watches Watcher

The UK housing market is amazing. In some areas, a budget of just under £600,000 might struggle to get a semi-detached property. But if you move much further north, this 19th century 14-bedroom Craig Gowan mansion in Broughty Ferry, near … Continue reading →

The Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer is designed to resemble a vintage marine chronometer. The effect is even better when the watch is placed in the hevea wood presentation box that comes with the watch converting it to a table clock … Continue reading →

Symbiosis Designs designed the Abu Samra House in Amman, Jordan — via CONTEMPORIST

This 1976 Honda CB750 is owned by Jon Brindley, a champion of the Washington DC music scene. Jon also happens to be a friend of MotoHangarowner Pat Jones, which explains why the bike looks so good. It’s an interesting mix … Continue reading →

Canadian designer D’Arcy Jones, designed the Mosewich House in Kamloops, BC, Canada — via CONTEMPORIST

Fancy the look but don’t fancy the upkeep? This four bedroom Art Deco-style property in St Brelade, Jersey could be for you. That’s obviously if you fancy a move to the Channel Islands. Yes, unashamedly inspired by the art deco … Continue reading →

The latest motorcycle to roll out of Deus Ex Machina‘s workshop tackles the problem head on. Nicknamed The Mouse Trap, it’s based on a 2008 Yamaha Scorpio — a sprightly commuter bike with good handling and terrible looks — via … Continue reading →

Together with the client a brief was developed, but from the start it was obvious that a simple single story design [studio MWA] using natural materials, quality orientation to capture sun to take advantage of passive solar energy heating, rainwater … Continue reading →

The best of both worlds in more ways than one, this castle-based house blends subterranean and loft living as well as modern and historic architecture. Redesigned by De Matos Ryan, it is somewhat amazing that the tower portion was left … Continue reading →

The Technomarine Night Vision comes in green, white, blue, black and orange — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Curved houses can be at risk of being just a little hokey. But here is one from Sarasota, Florida, that carries it off. There is nothing hobbit-like about this confidently executed structure. From TOTeMS, this guest-house is sited overlooking a … Continue reading →

De Bethune tells us that the ninth step of the Bolon Yokte Ku, the cosmic pyramid of the Mayan civilisation, symbolizes the advent of a new world, the ninth underworld, according to which the evolution of consciousness is believed to … Continue reading →

The Cube is the final phase of Birmingham’s Mailbox development and one of Make‘s largest buildings to date. Comprising offices, an automated car park, apartments, retail units, a hotel, spa, restaurant and sky bar, The Cube was conceived as a … Continue reading →

Elvis and His Little Friend, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.

Vespa in the Workshop, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.

The Omega Seamaster Limited Edition James Bond 50th Anniversary Watch uses a 007 theme on the black lacquer dial with 50 filled in with red on the outer bezel. The watch also offers Omega’s caliber 2507 co-axial movement, with the … Continue reading →

The Arturo 1000 has been restored and upgraded by the Japanese workshop Ritmo Sereno; it’s a 1989 model, with modified bodywork and a meticulous mechanical restoration — via Bike EXIF

The JeanRichard Diverscope LPR (linear power reserve) has an the in-house movement and a respectable water resistance of 300 metres — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Australian designer David Giametta’s 1968 Vespa scooter was beyond restoration, but not beyond repurposing. He modded the back end into a laptop desk and the front end into a lounge chair — via reinventing wheels

The Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic Ceramica (PAM 441) has a 44mm black ceramic case, manual-wind mechanical Panerai P.9001 calibre, date, seconnd time zone, power reserve indicator on the back and 100 metre water resistance — via Perpetuelle.com … Continue reading →

Marwan Al-Sayed Architects designed this interesting, stark and forbidding-looking concrete house in Paradise Valley, Arizona that looks as harsh and uncompromising as the desert landscape that it inhabits — via Home Design Find

The Visodate is based on the model of the same name that Tissot had in the ’50s, but it has been updated. Most obvious is the sizing, which, at 40mm, is completely up to modern tastes (though, about the upper end … Continue reading →

This police station [EDU] is a new effort by the city of Medellin and the National Police organisation to initiate a change in the image that these buildings have on the community, making it a role model where the institution … Continue reading →

Simpler, faster and more efficient than science dreamed possible, impervious to gravity and dramatically reducing isochronous error, potentially easier to manufacture and able to precisely measure time to a phenomenal 5/10,000th of a second today, and probably even more precisely … Continue reading →

This is architecture [Kengo Kuma & Associates] that originates from the system of Cidori, an old Japanese toy. Cidori is an assembly of wood sticks with joints having unique shape, which can be extended merely by twisting the sticks, without … Continue reading →

The Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain is a unique edition of 33 pieces featuring a titanium movement and platinum case — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog