Monza 置き時計（振り子時計） by Alessandro Rigotto and Enrico Ferraris is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 限定版・カスタムデザイン Competition Category.
銅限定版· 2021
Monza 置き時計（振り子時計）
by Alessandro Rigotto and Enrico Ferraris
Client: Meccaniche Orologi Milano s.r.l.
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 限定版 Category
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About Monza 置き時計（振り子時計）
Monzaは、スケルトン構造のムーブメントが見える機械式の振り子置き時計です。デザインは1970年代のフォルムやモチーフを参照しており、ラジエーターを思わせる佇まいを与えています。伝統的な時計に用いられる金属製の地板に代えて、ステンレススチール製のブッシュを溶接した強化クリスタルガラスのディスク2枚を採用し、機構全体を見渡せるようにしました。ゼンマイ駆動のムーブメントは、遊星歯車機構、デッドビート脱進機、ボールベアリングを組み合わせ、15日間のパワーリザーブを備えています。クロム仕上げの無垢材ケースは、外側を手縫いのレザー、内側をアルカンターラで覆っています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Monza 置き時計（振り子時計）は、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Monza 置き時計（振り子時計）は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Monza 置き時計（振り子時計）は、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The design of Monza finds its echo in the forms, motifs from the 70s which led to the creation of a radiator-like timekeeper. The remarkable feature of this clock compared to the classical ones is that the metal plates are substituted with 2 hardened crystal glass discs with welded stainless bushes on them. This technique gives a possibility to expose the beauty of the skeleton mechanism. Mould-breaking transgressive case shape has rejected all limits that traditional manufacturing usually faces
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Type: Mechanical spring-driven pendulum
Movement: Planetary gearing and Graham deadbeat escapement
Power reserve: 15 days
Width 675mm x Depth 200mm x Height 420 mm - Tags
- clock, skeletonclock, luxurydesign, lifestyle, clockart, madeinitaly, italiandesign, clockmaker
- Production Technology
- Designed, manufactured and assembled in MOM’s company workshop. The core element of Monza, the movement, sets on hardened crystal glass plates that together represent an integral union. All brass gears are hand mirror polished and afterwards Rhodium plated. It was decided to use stainless steel for the columns, arbors and pinions which later underwent hand mirror polishing. Instead of the classical rubies, Monza runs on the hermetically closed ball bearings which reduce the friction and guarantee better and smoother clockwork. By using the chromed solid wood for the case wings the timepiece significantly lost in weight. The wooden case is covered by hand-sewn red leather outside and black Alcantara inside in order to absorb the beat noise.
- Design Challenge
- Since its extreme curves and acute angles required new standards and techniques in order to obtain a complete, milled and finished case it turned out to be problematic to find a supplier who would not feel intimidated in front of such a task and whose services would not cost a fortune.
- Research
- The research target is to reinvent one of the traditional products par excellence in a modern way.
Our goal was to build a pendulum clock that integrates perfectly with the modern taste of furnishing spaces while maintaining the charm of traditional mechanical clocks. - Inspiration
- The inspiration came from the 70s, which meant living in a constant state of awe and wonder: the supersonic jets flew through air and space; a new kind of Italian supercars looked as if they could break the sound barrier. A period in which the aerodynamic principles were just beginning to put down roots in the field of automotive design. The boxy, carriage-like shapes of previous decades were blending into something more streamlined.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2020 and finished in January 2021 in the hinterland of Milan.
- Operation Flow
- Monza is a mechanical 15-day spring-driven pendulum skeleton clock with an epicyclical train.
- Team Members
- Alessandro Rigotto
Enrico Ferraris
Liudmyla Lebid - Image Credits
- Meccaniche Orologi Milano s.r.l.
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