Thor Svaboe is a seasoned writer on watches, contributing to several UK publications including Oracle Time and GQ while being one of the editors at online magazine Fratello.
In its Architects of Time series, revived brand Cauny recently released a modern take on Bauhaus minimalism by Spanish architect Rafael Moneo.
Known for sleek Sixties watches within the collectors' sphere, Portugal-based brand Cauny has signed up an impressive roster of architects for their series devoted to architects, withOn his inspiration, Spanish architect Moneo tells us: 'When Cauny asked me to design a watch, I couldn’t help but think of the two occasions on which I had designed clocks: for the Logroño City Hall and the Atocha Station.
The result is a spare, distilled essence of watchmaking set in a gloss black square. There are also two versions in steel with white dials and a dressy gold PVD version, but the purity of the all-black version with its architectural shape is refreshingly different. At only 30x30mm, the size is Cartier-perfect with a darker vibe. On designing on such a small scale, Moneo says: 'Going from designing a clock on a building to the design of a wristwatch has been a complete surprise.
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