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...Luxury watches are ordinarily inspired by such things as scuba diving or jet planes, not astrophysics. But industrial designer Marc Newson is anything but ordinary. His new Horizon watch is the result of his long fascination with black holes. Newson, who's designed everything from cars to door handles, named the Horizon for the edge of black holes, where gravity's pull becomes so intense that time disappears. The biomorphic design, with receding perforations that give the illusion of moving through space, heralds the relaunch of the Ikepod watch brand, which also includes redesigns of the Hemipode and Megapode watches...
Something Wild For the holidays, Piaget diamond, jet-bead and feather watch ($23,030, piaget.com...
Heizer's rock is called Levitated Slot Mass, says Govan, unearthing a photograph of it from his very contemporary office. Across the room, artist John Baldessari's photograph of the New York City skyline doubles as a window shade through which to watch cars whizzing along Wilshire. A wall-size photograph displays what looks like the city's iconic Hollywood sign but is a replica created in Palermo, Italy, by conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan...
...fans of officine Panerai watches?an ardent bunch known as Paneristi?had a motto, that would surely be "Bigger is better." Almost singularly responsible for the current craze for oversize watches, Panerai was all but unknown to the general public just a decade ago. Founded around 1860 by Giovanni Panerai in Florence, Italy, the company thrived for decades as a watch-repair shop and mail-order catalog. In 1936, already the official supplier to the Italian navy for precision instruments like mechanical calculators and compasses, Panerai created a prototype watch able to withstand the extreme conditions naval usage would subject...
...underwater wrist compass and Marina Militare watch...