September 6th, 2011

Issey Miyake, O-Transparent Time-Shape of Water

Issey Miyake - O watch Silaw 002. It is the 10th anniversary of the Issey Miyake Watch Project and to celebrate this occasion Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka in collaboration with Seiko instruments has created the “O” watch. The name is a play on the French word for water “eau” which is pronounced the same as the letter “o”.

You can clearly see that the timepiece has taken water as the theme for its inspiration, looking as though it has been sculpted out of ice with the watch frozen inside its crystalline band, and its flowing lines and reflective casing remind you of the shape and feel of water.