The Hour Glass is one of the leading watch retailers in Australia, striving to become the main port of call for all watch enthusiasts and collectors. The Hour Glass is known to have a carefully thought out selection of watch brands while employing a team of highly knowledgeable watch specialists to help further the awareness, experience and appreciation of the watches on offer.
A big part of this is also raising the knowledge and advancing the watch culture by giving insight into innovators of the industry.
Over the next 7- 8 weeks, The Hour Glass will be showcasing a series of short films, whereby they highlight nine of the world’s leading creative artists. The series will follow the journey of these individuals and show their real dedication to their craft. This series comes at a time where The Hour Glass is celebrating their 40th anniversary, which they will use to honour and pay tribute to the mission of advancing the watch culture.
The first featured artist was Maximilian Büsser from MB&F. The episode aired on April 22nd on The Hour Glass’s official youtube channel.
This episode touched on how Maximilian Büsser came to be a watchmaker after completing his engineering degree and the watch he bought after his near-death experience. The short film then goes into what inspires Maximilian Büsser to create the incredible pieces that MB&F put out and the many challenges you come across during such a process. An episode worth watching for any watch fanatic!
The Hour Glass will feature eight more artists and their stories in the upcoming days. We have outlined them below for you. If the first episode is anything to go by, the next eight is sure going to be worth the watch!
April 29 Sir David Adjaye OBE RA, Adjaye Associates
May 6 Rexhep Rexhepi, Akrivia
May 13 Daniel Arsham
May 20 Wieki Somers, Studio Wieki Somers
May 27 Roger W. Smith
June 3 Marc Newson
June 10 Oki Sato, Nendo
June 17 Felix Baumgartner & Martin Frei, URWERK
