Hello Crunchers! The fun and (sometimes) painful journey of my prototype

Realy interesting to see the different step. The resulte is nice and very original.

Beautiful! Very interesting to see the evolution with every iteration, perfecting and improving with every step. This is definitely something I'd like to try in the future.

Are you planning on machining the final design?

Clearly making the effort to ensure proportions has paid off! That's a really good looking watch, and looks like a new take on the shape! Definitely following to see how this goes!

I wish I had even the slightest bit of talent in a creative sense but I don't. When I look at something I know immediately what I like & what I don't. If pressed as to why, I'd struggle to answer coherently & in any detail.

I'm interested to see how it's done though & wonder what goes through someone's thinking in the process. Can I ask you why you changed what you did from step 3 to 4? What was your thinking as it's a radical difference between the two?

Thank you @Olivier ! Right now I’m working on the final stainless steel version ( still a prototype). If you mean “ final design” as something ready for production, the answer is no, at the moment😬! Ciao!

Thank you @Robinwatch ! Appreciate

Thank you! Yes, a lot of brainstorming haha especially thinking how to physically machine the part avoiding crazy shape ( that unfortunately increase the production costs)😂

I just looked at some of your previous posts, very nice what you've been able to achieve. Definitely a stand-out design. I look forward to seeing more posts about the further progress.

Nice like it I like it a lot.

Very cool to see the evolution. Best of luck getting to the next step.

Thank you @tiffer !

This is a difficult question! I'll try to answer it by making an example.

The "why" is the following, and start based on the feeling that you want to transmit with the design.

For me and for what I had in mind the number 3 was lacking in toughness and sporty feeling.

To make it sportier, the design must convey a sense of toughness.

Usually, you reach a sense of toughness by using straight lines, sharper corners, stretched font, and so on.

Prototype 3 gives a more fragile feeling (due to font size and style, thinner elements such as the bezel, and softer shapes).

So to make it more proportionate and give the feeling of "robust" I enlarged and changed the font of the GMT numbers, increased the width of the bezel by a few tenths of a millimeter, and made some changes in the shapes. For example, the elements to avoid knocks on the crown have straighter lines if you compare 3 to 4.

This is the approach I usually use for my designs. Consider that I work as a designer, and a lot of this know-how regarding shapes and proportions comes from experience, the university, and from the industry I work ( not the watch industry haha).

Hope I partly answered to your question!

Thank you!💪🏼

Thanks for sharing! Really like the end result. Not easy to come up with something original and credible. Glad you removed the date window in the last iteration! Keep us posted 💪🏻

Thank you!

Wow, respect! What a journey! I can image you can write pages on the evolution of every single step! Can’t wait to to see the final result! Don’t make any compromises on quality and if you have the right story to tell…it will succeed! 👏🏻

All the best! 🍀👍🏻

Thank you for your explanation, I understand why you did what you did now. My initial thoughts on this were motivated by what I saw as being the nicer design, rather than by what you were trying to create.

3 looks more of a dress watch design which I'm more drawn to but that's not the look you were looking for. Interesting to see & hear it through someone else's eyes rather than through my own 👍

Thank you @TheWatchDan !!