Lebond watch from Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura
Lebond receives the 2011 Pritzker Prize Eduardo Souto de Moura (He has been honored since 2024 Riken Yamamoto) to design his new clock, and the architect tilts his watch 30 levels clockwise, together with the dial, hours, motion and crown. It's Eduardo Souto de Moura's interpretation of the driving force's watch. Because the wearer locations their palms on the steering wheel, they see the time of their line of sight moderately than twisting their arm to correctly verify the place the watch palms are pointing. “We rotate 30 levels for optimum wrist visibility,” says Eduardo Souto de Moura.
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Minimal and clear traces substitute the numbers
12 is the reference in of Lebond watch designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura. At the moment, a protracted straight line serves because the 1 and a printed 2 sits subsequent to it. For the remainder of the hours, minimal and clear traces substitute the numerals, recalling the architect's personal fashion in his work, and the traces on the three, six and 9 o'clock positions match to deliver symmetry and stand out from their sibling minutes and hours . “I need the watch to be and really feel as slim as potential,” says Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Lebond calls on Eduardo Souto de Moura to design its new watch
grade 5 titanium for the Lebond watch
Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura prioritizes each kind and performance in his design. Though stripped all the way down to its necessities, the watch nonetheless has a date perform, positioned on the three o'clock place. Lebond adopts grade 5 titanium for the watch as the principle materials, and because the architect desires to make the watch as skinny as potential, a big 38.5mm case was made. With the strap connected beneath, the thickness of the case is barely 7.6 mm and the whole weight of the watch is barely 46 grams.
the architect tilts his watch 30 levels clockwise, together with the dial, hours, motion and crown.
Lebond applies a micro-sandblasted end to the watch case, defending the watch designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura from fingerprints and dirt. For spec lovers, a Swiss-made automated caliber referred to as ETA 2892-A2 runs at 28,800 VpH/4Hz and provides the watch a 50-hour energy reserve, embellished with blued screws, Geneva stripes and round graining. The ending touches come from Eduardo Souto de Moura's autograph, which adorns the grade 5 titanium caseback with a sapphire inlay.
the watch is Eduardo Souto de Moura's interpretation of the driving force's watch
Every of the Lebond watches designed by Pritzker Prize laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura is individually numbered. The mannequin is available in two completely different variations, each sharing the identical 38.5mm diameter grade 5 titanium case and ETA 2892-A2 motion. The “Authentic Version” encompasses a matte beige dial paired with a navy blue Prime Nappa leather-based strap. The “Darkish Version” encompasses a matte grey dial with an identical black Prime Nappa leather-based strap. Every mannequin is priced at €2,700 excluding taxes. The Lebond Souto Moura watch is the second Lebond watch designed by an architect, with the primary coming from Alvaro Siza.
12 is the reference in Lebond's watch designed by the Pritzker Prize laureate
on the 12 o'clock place, a protracted straight line serves because the 1 and a printed 2 sits subsequent to it