Design: George Nelson, 1947-1953
Concept: Every detail of George Nelson's watch is designed to be useful, easy to look at and appealing to the touch. From the minimalist hands to the conical foot, it inspires with simple and modern design. With its high-quality quartz mechanism, it also keeps time accurate and completes this iconic watch. Cone Base is inspired by Louis Sullivan's famous painting Tower of Jewels at the World's Fair in 1893. For this watch, George Nelson introduced several surfaces and edges on the cone base, to better reflect the movement of the watch and show time in its dynamic form. The watch is delivered incl. 1 piece. 1.5 volt battery.
The story behind: In the years 1948-1960, George Nelson and his staff designed more than 150 watches for the American watchmaker Howard Miller. The collection consists of a mixture of wall clocks and table clocks, with the common features that the shapes are played freely and that none of the clocks have numbers on the dial. By examining the modern approach to the use of clocks, Nelson came to the conclusion that one was no longer dependent on the numbers on the dial, but rather read the position of the hands. In addition, he argued that most people went with wristwatches, which is why the watch in the home had become a piece of design more than a functional object.
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