Yack Fou Tees

Perhaps a play on the French Connection's "fcuk" line, Yack Fou is a playful Berlin label making tees and hoodies imprinted with their deceptive-looking name. Printed on 100% cotton, they're definitely eye-catching. Some of the designs even stand on their own without the gimmicky name, like the lego design (pictured), which also happens to look a lot like the album art on Beck's latest release, …

Hamilton X-01

In 1966, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke commissioned a variety of companies to imagine and design futuristic products for the year 2001—and to be featured in their film 2001: A Space Odyssey. They hired Hamilton, a U.S. watchmaker, and John Bergey, a Hamilton developer known for helping to invent the digital watch, created a digital clock and analog/digital wristwatch. (See the movie prop watch …

Urwerk 103.05

The past few years have been an interesting time in watchmaking (granted only on the haute end of the stick), but nevertheless, innovators like Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner of Urwerk are breathing inspired fire with their 103 series and the Opus 5. The platinum 103.05 (pictured), an edition limited to 50, has orbiting satellites that align with the bottom arc of minutes to tell …