Tag: Vantablack

H Moser & Cie and The Armoury Collaborate on the Endeavour Small Seconds Total Eclipse

Two minimal watches, each limited to 28 pieces, that feature a light-absorbing Vantablack dial

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Swiss luxury watch manufacture H Moser & Cie has built a reputation for making minimal timepieces that are profoundly expressive. Often, it’s because of an unexpected detail or eccentric finish. For their recent collaboration with international menswear brand The Armoury, the most alluring attribute happens to be an eye-catching (and light-absorbing) dial composed of Vantablack, the darkest human-made material ever. Known as the Endeavour Small Seconds Total …

BMW’s One-Off Vantablack X6

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On display at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW‘s VBX6 is the “first and only vehicle in the world” to receive a Vantablack VBx2 coating—a sprayable form of the blackest black pigment. BMW partnered with Vantablack inventor Surrey NanoSystems on the disorienting project, wherein the automaker’s third-generation X6 SUV appears almost two-dimensional. It’s spell-binding but there’s just enough reflection for our brain to process some …

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Made From Vantablack and Meteorite: LUCY by Ore

One ring connected to the cosmos

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Made with Vantablack (the pigment so dark, it traps 99.96% of incoming light), meteorite and gold-plated microcircuitry, LUCY is much more than any other super-polished, sphere-shaped ring. Each ring is connected to its wearer’s own white dwarf star and vibrates when that star reaches its zenith. The “magical ceremony” (happening multiple times a week) encourages the wearer to pause, center and reconnect with the space around them. …