The advent of the now nearly ubiquitous smartphone is slowly making watches and clocks obsolete, which is a crying shame because these both have a long and rich legacy of beautiful decoration and artistic craftsmanship. These 24 watches, whether homages to the grand-master clock makers of old or innovative new designs for the modern era, seek to keep our love of watches and timepieces alive. (H/T: BoredPanda)
#1. Astronomical Watch Accurately Shows The Solar System’s Movements On Your Wrist
#2. Salvador Dalí’s Persistence of Memory-Inspired Melted Wristwatch
#3. Eye Of A Storm: A Watch Without A Face
#4. ZIIIRO Mercury Watch
#5. Excalibur Watch
#6. Whatever, I’m Late Anyway Watch
#7. The Ora Unica Watch
#8. This Bird Repeater Watch Is Worth Half A Million Dollars
#9. Free Time Watch
#10. Earth And Moon Watch
#11. Dragon Gate Legend Watch
#12. SOH – A Second Of Happiness Watch
#13. Time Traveller – This Watch Allows You To See The Time All Over The World
#14. Hand-Painted Poetic Wish Watch
#15. Ora Latea Watch
#16. Geeky Equation Watch
#17. Skull Watches
#18. Nadir Watch
#19. Wingt Mille Watch – The Two Men Being Held By The Squid Indicate The Hours And Minutes
#20. Digital Destruction Watch
#21. Boombox Watch
#22. Angular Momentum Handmade Timepieces
#23. The Accurate Watch – Designed To Remind Us That We Should Seize The Moment While We Can
#24. The Bradley – A Timepiece Designed For The Blind
