Jupiter Часовникът by Dabi Robert is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Златна награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на бижута Competition Category.

ЗлатоБижута· 2021

Jupiter Часовникът

by Dabi Robert

Client: Ziiiro

Златна награда A' Design Award Winner in Бижута Category

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The Design

About Jupiter Часовникът

Вътре в часовника Jupiter стоманени сфери се търкалят в хидравлично пресовани канали, задържани на място от магнитна сила. Вълнообразният циферблат е вмъкнат в кристалното стъкло с изпъкнала форма, което не позволява на сферите да напуснат пътя си. Стъклен купол, покриващ горната част на часовника, преминава безпроблемно в корпуса от неръждаема стомана. С пропускане на видимо стъбло, часовникови стрелки или маркировки, няма елементи, които да отвличат вниманието от сферите, показващи времето. Въпреки липсата на видими стрелки на часовника, конвенционален кварцов механизъм се използва за задвижване на планетарния индикатор за време.

The Recognition

About the Златна награда A' Design Award

Jupiter Часовникът е носител на Златната награда A' Design Award — неимоверно престижно признание, присъждано на първокласни, чудесни и забележителни дизайни. Златните победители са изключително иновативни, силно визионерски и блестящо поразяващи творби, които отразяват гения, мъдростта и майсторството на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Jupiter Часовникът да бъде високо възхвалявано, задаващо тенденции и монументално изобретение, което носи безпрецедентна стойност. Този дизайн, спечелил Златната награда A' Design Award, е впечатляващ, уважаван проект, който силно ползва и разширява границите на изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите. Jupiter Часовникът поражда силни чувства на желание, буди страст, насърчава творчеството и ни очарова.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This minimal timepiece uses a conventional watch movement to drive a unique planetary watch face. Hours and minutes are shown by little steel spheres that are moving inside circular channels of the hydraulic pressed dial, which is inset into the convex shaped crystal glass. There is no visible stem or watch hand. The glass dome covers the whole front facing area of the watch and creating interesting light reflections.
Dimensions & Packaging: Casing Material: 316L stainless steel, sandblasted
Case Size Thickness: 14.0 mm, Width: 41 mm
Case Back: 316L Stainless steel, matte, screwed on case back
Hands: Stainless steel spheres
Watch dial: Convex shaped by hydraulic press, sandblasted polishing
Crown: at 3 Hour Position
Strap: Width 20 mm, 316L stainless steel Milanese mesh
Movement: Swiss Ronda 502 (Far east manufactured)
Glass: Concave polished hardened mineral crystal
Battery: SR920SW
Water Resistant: 5 ATM
Tags: watch, wrist watch, ziiiro, time, magnets, jupiter, spheres
Production Technology: Compared to traditional watches, the Jupiter watch uses an additional layer of hydraulic pressed brass above the dial to separate its' time indicators from the movement. Little steel spheres are placed into these pressed rails and pulled by magnets underneath this layer. Crystal glass is being sanded into a deep convex shape and placed above the visible part of the dial, so that the steel spheres are being trapped between glass and dial. The magnets themselves are being powered by a conventional Swiss Ronda quartz watch movement.
Design Challenge: This project started with a foil that can visualise magnetic fields. We prototyped a watch using this foil as watch face and moving magnets underneath. The magnets produce a darker trail when they move along. After further experiments using iron powder, the final design of the Jupiter watch combines the visual appearance of magnetic trails with a more straightforward way of incorporating magnets while ensuring good readability and timeless design.
Research: ZIIIRO is all about unique ways of telling the time. We are aware that the purpose of a traditional wrist watch has evolved from time teller into a status symbol or accessory for expressing one's personality and fashion style. In order to figure out the fashion part, we exhibited at the Berlin fashion week 4 times, where we could get feedback from all over the world. After additional market research by making polls and looking at our customer base, we discovered that a large portion of our fans is affiliated to the creative industry. Since being creative is our credo, it shows that we are doing something right.
Inspiration: I had the very first idea of a magnetic watch when I stumbled upon flux detector foil, a thin film than can visually detect magnetic fields. By prototyping these ideas, the concept evolved into the design of the Jupiter watch, which is simpler and more straightforward than earlier takes using iron powder or foil. To give the evolving spheres more significance, the dial is visually elevated into the glass.
Project Duration: The project started in Mid 2019 in Nuremberg, Germany and Hong Kong. It was released for purchase in Sept. 2020. In Japan, it was released through a crowdfunding campaign, which achieved 7000% funding.
Operation Flow: Time can be set by pulling out and turning the crown. The two steel spheres indicate the current time, the inner one shows minutes while the outer one shows hours. To keep the visual appearance minimal, there are no markers. When setting the time, the spheres have to be moved into the correct position in relation to the watch orientation.
Team Members: Robert Dabi
Derick Ip
Sing-Hei Chong
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Robert Dabi, 2020