HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair - The 28th HK Watch & Clock Design Competition

The 28th HK Watch & Clock Design Competition

Champion
Title of Design: 10.2 Contestant: WINCY HOROLOGICAL LTD To the designer, pocket watch is a classic timepiece. It is simple and elegant, simply what an everlasting timepiece should be. However, as time passes, the popularity of pocket watch has decreased. Through this design, the designer has injected new elements into a pocket watch, enabling it to adapt to constraints of the modern time without sacrificing its core values. Its hands-winding mechanism keeps you in touch with your timepiece everyday, reminding you that she is by your side breathing, and facing all challenges and happiness with you.
1st Runner-up
Title of Design: Incessant …… Contestant: SILCON WATCH CO., LTD Pocket watch appeared in our world as early as in the 1500s. The constraints of materials and technology development in the old days limited designers' imagination. Today, it has already developed to an all-powerful state, giving designers an infinite creation space. The design of this collection is a combination of current technology, materials and imagination. It reproduces the glorious past and non-stop development of watch and clock design.
2nd Runner-up
Title of Design: London Journey 1462 Contestant: Lam Chung Hong (Sponsoring Company: Bon Jour Industries Ltd) The earliest document about pocket watch can be traced back to 1462, not long before the invention of mechanical watch, but it was still a significant milestone of the watch history. Inspired by the spirits of vintage pocket watch and modern mechanical watch, “London Journey 1462” features the distinct characteristics of both vintage and new watches. It fuses the classic touch of a pocket watch with the 21st century's fashionable modernity. To infiltrate a classic English touch to the design, the Big Ben is added as the background of the watch, bringing us back to London in 1462.	(Sponsoring Company: Bon Jour Industries Ltd.)
Finalists
Title of Design: Galaxy Contestant: Top Dynamic International Ltd. “Galaxy” starts from nowhere but all will obey their axis to rotate. My concept is an observed phenomenon --- the rotation of Axis: Earth's rotation period relative to the Sun. Opened elegant cover, in dome sharp lens. Solar axis along 12H to 6H mark with index: Two discs rotate clockwise along the centre. Time’s gone and rotates itself hour by hour, minute by minute, with evocative memories of the past, surely to be remembered forever that we called “Classic Reunion”.
Title of Design: Bullet Watches Contestant: Sowork Company The idea of this modern style “Bullet Watch” is from a classic bullet design. This Bullet Watch can be changed into a fashionable necklace when applied with different parts. It replaces LED technology with the classic quartz, which makes the design more unique and trendy.
Title of Design: Classic Reminiscence Contestant: Team 1 Design Ltd. The old Clock Tower near the Star Ferry concourse in Tsim Sha Tsui is formed part of the Kowloon-Canton Railway terminus since 1915. For Hong Kong people, it is a classic colonial architecture and a landmark representing Hong Kong. In addition, the Clock Tower is also one of few memorable buildings for Hong Kong people which still retained.
Title of Design: Evolution Contestant: Kin Lee Ho Everything is changing in the world, including watches, but can we keep some special classic elements in the future? If you ask me, which one should be the most classic one? I would say the pocket watch should be the most classic one. It is because watches that we are wearing derives from pocket watch, so I use the basic shape of pocket watch and added some new element, making it to be a new watch.
Title of Design: Sundial Contestant: Lam Yiu San Sundial means the shadow of the Sun. It is an ancient device that measures time by the shadow cast on the gnomon and the changing position of sunlight. This design represents our forefathers' wisdom through recent technology. In the appearance, the second hand imitates the gnomon; the hour hand and the minute hand imitate the shadow with different length and scale. The accurate time shown in the deep of the shadow. "Sundial" tries to take the colour from the old-age classic to show the sincere respect to the nature and the ancients' civilization.
Title of Design: Classic Contestant: Kwong Wan Hang Henry Classic means tradition, quaint and classical. "Classic" is the reunion of these elements and applied with a new design concept. It is a new interpretation of classical aesthetics, and makes classic more perfect.
Title of Design: Sh. Please Turn On Contestant: Wong Ting Bong There must be a song, perhaps even a short melody treasured in our hearts. The song resembles happiness, sorrow, grieve, and memories. Most unexpectedly, this song has already been heard at different times and place. ...shh..turn on your radio, because such familiar tune will be broadcast once again.
Title of Design: Take Time Contestant: Chan Yiu Man The wisdom of our ancestors show that time flies without a trace and teach us how to cherish our time and use it to the fullest! Today, we thoroughly understand the importance of “Carpe Diem” since “Every Second Counts”! The "Dual Time Zone Display ", this function fully reflects the idea of showing the same time alternating between ancient and modern times. This not only emphases the inspiration but also cherish time from both the ancient and modern humans, in the sharing of perseverance and the pursuit of dreams!
Title of Design: New Class Contestant: Chau To Wa Many classical watches are designed using skilled craftsmanship and precious materials, so their price is very expensive. The skills are not easy to grasp, and not everyone can have access to it. The 'new classical' refers to the innovative classic, classic redefined. It is not the emphasis on skilled craft movement; needing only a push plate for movement, adding a unique watch and design, and stress without losing the overall coordination of specific functions. For example, the watch hands direction, the location of twelve hours and the hole of the strap, triangular geometric patterns are used as the basic element, not the extra fancy decoration. To make it look so elegant, artistically and contemporary.	(Sponsoring Company: LATITUDE LTD.)
Title of Design: MATURE Contestant: Lo Tsoi Piu "MATURE " is a classic pilot watch design coupled with modern technology, re-interpretation of the time. As the name suggests, there is one hand in the watch. The hand does not only indicate the hours, but also indicate the minutes (Rotating disc with 00-59 numbers etching). It is easy and accurate reading. As with the hand points to the rotating disc, We need to change gear ratio to achieve the design.	(Sponsoring Company: LATITUDE LTD.)
Title of Design: Lighter Contestant: So Yan Kit The design of “Lighter” is applying the LED technique to traditional classic watches. The LED lies under the first stratification plane in this two-layer dial watch. The 12 indices and the periphery edge will glow when pressing the button.
Title of Design: Cockoodigi Contestant: Than Wai Pang Richard A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum-driven, that strikes the hours using small bellows and pipes that imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo. The outlook of cuckoo clock remains unchanged since the middle of the eighteenth century. Today, we combine both traditional style and digital technology, Cuckoodigi show time, year and date and let users carry this piece of art to where ever they go.