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 of what I’d consider for a dress piece). At 11.6mm, it’s not the slimmest watch in the stable, but it’ll still do just fine — via Wrist Watch Review
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 tomorrow…
TAG Heuer challenges three centuries of hairspring/balance wheel mechanical regulation conventions to create a totally new mechanical regulator. The legendary Swiss brand is now unveiling a first Concept version, a 5/10,000th of a second chronograph beating at 1,000 Hz or 7,200,000 beats per hour — via TAGHeuerOnline
Denmark’s EGE Carpets sells a line of carpeting inspired by HP Lovecraft illustrations called Dark Water. They were created by Kirill Rozhkov, who has a nice gallery of them on Behance — via Boing Boing
If Ducati has NCR, Moto Guzzi has Ghezzi Brian. Based in the lakes region of northern Italy, the company builds small runs of Guzzi-based sport bikes and created the MGS-01 superbike for the Mandello factory. (The odd name, in case you’re wondering, refers to the founders Giuseppe Ghezzi and Bruno Brian
Saturno.)
The Ghezzi Brian Super Twin 1100 was designed to give road riders a taste of race bike dynamics. In the 1996 Italian Supertwins Championship, Giuseppe Ghezzi’s Super Twin prototype won nine of the 32 races it entered. So four years later, Ghezzi and Brian was set up to produce a short run of replicas — via Bike EXIF
The Panerai Radiomir California 3 Days (PAM 424) has the dial which was almost certainly the first one fitted to the Radiomir case, very original with its alternation of markers, Arabic figures and Roman numerals. The design of the dial is enhanced by the OP logo, the inscription CALIFORNIA engraved on the flange at 12 o’clock and the little date window at 3 o’clock — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
The only thing cuter than this Game Master asking TeX gurus for help making his RPG notes look like they were scrawled by a gibbering madman, unhinged by the horrors he has witnessed
is the serious responses, with examples of output. He even got an answer saying how to typeset an Elder Sign! Truly, there is nothing more awesome than typesetting geeks helping gaming geeks — via Boing Boing
It’s not easy to make a Honda CB750 custom stand out these days. Even if it’s a big money bike. But this budget build by Canadian Mike Salek caught my eye — via Bike EXIF
Created by Spanish artist Maximo Riera, The Octopus Chair waves a dismissive tentacle at questions like WTF!?
, Why?
and Where on earth would I put it?
. Who cares if it doesn’t match your other flat-packed fjürniture? So what if it costs more than Captain Nemo’s submarine? We guarantee almost any problem can be overcome when you have an enormous octopus watching your back — via Firebox.com
Nick Roskelley calls his creation the Harleyton 45
a rolling amalgamation consisting of a 45-cubic-inch (750cc) Harley-Davidson flathead V-twin housed in a 1960s Norton Featherbed frame. The engine, of 1942 vintage, was originally found in a WLC model, the Canadian-spec army bike, one of 90,000 military motorcycles Harley built during the war — via Bike EXIF
The TAG Heuer insider blog Calibre 11 brings us a special first look at some great looking new Formula 1 racing watches coming in 2012 from TAG Heuer (official unveiling at Baselworld 2012). A fairly dramatic redesign from previous models, keep in mind that the TAG Heuer Formula 1 has always been an entry-level
luxury timepiece so the movement is quartz — via Perpetuelle Watch Blog
If you need some modern-day modernist architecture in your life, this five bedroom Huf Haus in Oxshott, Surrey could be just the thing if the bank balance is particularly healthy.
Downside of course is the price. Good area, custom Huf Haus, it’s never going to be cheap. Offers of around £1,975,000 is the exact price — via WowHaus
The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Chronograph, a vintage looking dive watch, follows in the footsteps of last year’s Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea. A fixed bezel surrounds a classic black dial face, protected by a Plexiglas watch glass. The water resistance is only 100 meters, so this watch is more about the vintage style than dive watch performance — via Perpetuelle Watch Blog
The proposal [Amann-Canovas-Maruri] is not built from the review of the traditional housing block but from the attributes of the slab of minimum width perforated with through holes.
This situation of minimum bandwidth allows an inner space of considerable size, a public space in the heart of the project, a space that is half open and connected to the whole sprawl, boldly assuming an ambiguous condition, exterior and interior at the same time — via ArchDaily
— via hirakosoDESIGN
To say that this is an aviation-inspired piece is a bit of an understatement. The Stolas Warthog model name of course refers to the famous A-10 plane, and even the family name (Ball Call) is a reference to terminology used when landing on an aircraft carrier. Finally, there are some nifty aviation-inspired features, such as the cable-grip on the bezel, referencing the catch cable on an aircraft carrier — via Wrist Watch Review
The Australian custom motorcycle builder Deus is best known for its SR and W650 customs, but its occasional forays into Harley-Davidson territory have been equally successful. Here’s the latest, based on a 2007-model Harley Sportster. Dubbed the Bald Terrier — no, I don’t know why — it’s essentially a remake of Deus’ 2009 V Twin Cafe Racer. And that’s a good thing — via Bike EXIF
This is the latest build from Spanish shop Café Racer Dreams, which is starting to look like the southern European counterpart to the well-established Wrenchmonkees of Copenhagen. CRD #10 is called Night Track
, and it’s a 2007 Triumph Bonneville. The mods are well-chosen, tightening up the aesthetics of the Bonnie and giving it a sharper, more retro look — via Bike EXIF
This year Fortis marks its 100th anniversary and to celebrate, the brand is issuing a limited re-edition of the Marinemaster. First distributed at the beginning of the 1940s, that model became one of the brand’s most popular watches. Over the years, the look of the watch was updated, and the 100th anniversary re-edition is inspired by the model produced during the 1970s.
The Marinemaster Vintage LE is a 40mm automatic chronograph in polished stainless steel on leather strap, available with orange or blue dial highlights. A total of 500 of each version will be produced — via Watch Time
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