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Collect Cool

Collect Cool featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Makina Andras I

Makina Watches wanted to design a black sheep in the rectangular watch category that's already full of art deco inspired dress watches. That's why Andras I was born as a sports watch with a bolder and more modern approach. Coated in stealth black, its stainless steel case is composed of slopes and angular shapes that make up its multifaceted design. Its octagonal case is designed to taper around a larger movement for less volume and increased wearability. Its dial is multi-layered and 3 dimensional and its strap is muscular and shapely to look more imposing from every angle.

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Troitsk

Crafted with emeralds, sapphires, diamonds and 18k gold, the Troitsk Emerald Ring features carefully braided gemstones and diamonds clustered together, and enameling that gives the ring an elegant glow. The ring took its inspiration from blooming flowers and their beauty in full bloom, with the emerald cut selected for this piece, making it an inspired piece to wear on the finger. Green is a gift from nature, a color truly associated with the plant world, and gives this emerald ring a sense of individuality.

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Astronef

Astronef is heir to both ancestral know-how and an unyielding desire to create the design of tomorrow. Its character combines adrenaline and contemporary art. It showcases recently introduced technology involving two tourbillons rotating in opposite directions at high speed. They cross paths 18 times per hour and are built on two different levels. This gives life to a captivating animation, which unfolds before the wondering gaze. In all, six distinct elements are in motion: two satellite tourbillons rotating around the dial, as well as their two cages and their two counterweights.

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EyeWris

EyeWris is a pair of folding reading glasses that wrap around the wrist. The frames are worn like a bracelet and can be opened into eyewear with one hand, one motion and one second. A patented bi-stable nose bridge made of nitinol memory metal springs open and snaps shut, and is tested for at least 25,000 cycles. Frames are made of lightweight TR-90, with flexible temples shaped for comfort on both the wrist and the face. Polycarbonate lenses include blue-light blocking, UV protection and anti-scratch, anti-smudge and anti-reflective coatings.

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Safety Pin

Safety Pin is a ring shaped as a fully functional safety pin. The ring sits over three of the wearer's fingers and can also be used as a brooch, pendant or pin. Safety Pin is made of 18ct yellow gold and set with multicoloured gemstones of 2.09 carats, with a total weight of 14.40 grams. A 3D model was prepared, then a wax prototype was printed and cast in gold. The cast was finished by hand and polished. The gemstones were fixed in place, and the parts were then joined. The design aims to remain lightweight, wearable and playful.

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Moels and Co 528

Moels and Co 528 is a mid modern century inspired wrist watch with a rectangular shaped case and an asymmetric dial which was sectioned according to the golden ratio. The dial is painted with a silver metallic base mixed with a pigment coating that provides a luminous finish and depending on the light circumstances the color of the dial changes creating an effect that is highly attractive. Without frills, complications or needless decorations this design is truly uncommon on today's market.

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