Janus Watch by William Volcoff is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Golden A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
GoldJewelry· 2020
Janus Watch
Client: Wolkov
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
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About Janus Watch
Janus is a wristwatch with two dials and an interchangeable strap. Both sides can be used, so the wearer can flip the case, switch dials and change straps to suit daily clothing and activities. One dial is driven by an automatic movement and the other by a quartz movement, which allows two time zones to be read. The case and the oversized lugs are made of stainless steel and receive a long polishing process. A concealed clipping system in the lugs holds the strap without extra moving parts. The straps are made of genuine leather.
The Recognition
About the Golden A' Design Award
Janus Watch is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Janus Watch is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Janus Watch creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
Where to Get It
Limited Edition Dual-Dial Watches
We create exceptional timepieces that combine automatic and quartz movements with innovative dual-dial design. Our limited edition watches feature interchangeable straps, premium materials, and meticulous craftsmanship for analog watch enthusiasts worldwide.
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is probably the world first Automatic watch combining dual-dials with interchangeable strap. User can flip and/or switch dials, change straps to match their daily outfit and activities. With its iconic case and oversized lugs, it has charisma and provides extra functionalities for analog watch lovers.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Watchcase: 34mm x 14mm x 43mm
Watch strap: 180mm x 24mm
Watch box: 180mm x 185mm x 65mm - Tags
- Dual-dial, Automatic, Analog, Wristwatch, Light luxury, Man accessory
- Production Technology
- We offer a mix of automatic and quartz movements within one case. One side is powered by Chinese Peacock automatic caliber SL1701 while the other side is powered by Japanese Myota quartz. This gives the opportunity for dual time zone and double the space to develop creative dials.
Our unique clipping system has no extra moving parts and only use specific material resistance (from an invisible insert made of PP) to create the clipping spring feature. The design solution is striking visually and drove the design style from inside out, as we didn’t try to conceal it.
The watchcase and lugs are made of high quality steel (316L) with over 8h of polishing process (usual watch are polish under 2h). Our straps are made of genuine leather. Our NATO strap are made of a double-layered polyamide thread combining 3 strain of color to add depth and texture. - Design Challenge
- Key challenge was to convince watch factories to produce prototypes and test again and again the various ideas we had. We designed every details, from the screws head to the handles so we had to run prototype for each parts, opening molds and doing refinements a the same time.
- Research
- Heuristic design research based on guts feeling that something could still be improved in the watch industry. Initially our design had only one dial but we soon realize the potential to duplicate dials and offer dual time zones. The final clipping system for the strap with our semi flexible lug took over 2 years of refinement. We tested ourselves prototypes by wearing them and then adjusting details.
- Inspiration
- Janus was born from this deep satisfaction of holding a high quality product. Something that feels right when wearing it. Not everything must be connected. The extra boost you need sometime to get things moving the way you want and to connect with a distant past where machines were crafted.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2014 in Shanghai and finished in November 2018 in Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- Operate the watch like a normal watch, use the crowns to set time on both sides.
Un-clip the lugs to change strap. - Patents
- Patented. CN 304970078 S. 2018. China
Patented. CN 208446774 U. 2018. China - Team Members
- William Volcoff
Kang Jing
Bastien Henry - Image Credits
- Images #No1 - No 5: Photographer Kang Jing, 2018
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