Very few timepieces have influenced the industry quite like Swiss watch brand Girard-Perregaux‘s reference 9931, produced between 1976-78. Nicknamed the “Casquette,” this Quartz watch married an unexpected and now iconic case shape and a digital LED display to form a retro-futuristic package. People who were looking for innovation from the industry at that time bought them. Ultimately, 8,200 watches were produced before the Casquette was …
Drawing inspiration from Luke Skywalker’s Death Star-destroying space flight in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, where Darth Vader was in hot pursuit, Citizen’s Trench Run digital wristwatch will please fans with its referential design. Further, the watch (which features dual time, an alarm and the temperature) is built within a rectangular black stainless steel case that nods to the original Citizen analog-digital watch …
For the 42mm Dork Too timepiece, California watch brand Nixon looked to old-school answering machines for visual inspiration. Then they modeled the device’s time-telling features on this, as well. From the LCD screen to the USB charging port and the fact that the Dork Too shouts the time (among other things) with the push of a button, it’s a well-priced wristwatch basically unlike any else. …
