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Junghans Unveils New Black And White Models In Limited Edition Max Bill Edition Set 2020While minimalist Bauhaus design sensibilities have inspired a wide variety of manufacturers over the years, few brands have explored the style as thoroughly or deftly as Junghans with its Max Bill series. Building on a core design from the eponymous artist and industrial designer from 1961, the series has taken the simple concept in a wide variety of directions. The new limited edition Max Bill Edition Set 2020 is one of the most striking iterations of all, taking inspiration from Bill’s “Variation 5” graphic artwork to explore the extreme contrast of black and white. This limited collector’s set contains two watches, the 34 mm Max Bill Kleine Automatic and the 40 mm Max Bill Chronoscope automatic chronograph. Both models are mechanically identical to their regular production stablemates, but receive a matte black PVD case treatment along with a special high impact matte blac
The Future Of Porsche Design Watches And The Timepiece No. 1
Porsche Design Timepiece No. 1 WatchThe picture above is an early drawing of what will be the Porsche Design Timepiece No. 1, the first watch actually officially made by Porsche Design as we understand it. Porsche Design has been involved in watchmaking since 1972, and has worked with a range of different watch companies to produce its watch designs. These have included brands such as Orfina, IWC, and Eterna over the years, but a new era of in-house production will come to Porsche Design soon.Earlier in 2014, Porsche Design ended its longstanding relationship with Swiss Eterna watches to produce timepieces for the Stuttgart-based German company. The precise reason for the termination of the relationship remains unclear?but I theorized that it may have had something to do with Eterna’s purchase by the Chinese company China Haidian. After the purchase, Eterna’s CEO Patrick Kury also stepped down and it was unclear what the future of both companies would be like.