Ikepod is back with an all new Affordable Mechanical Megapod designed by Alexandre Peraldi
After an intermittent hiatus, the quintessentially design-driven, post-modernist Swiss conceptualised "UFO" watch brand is back with an all new affordable mechanical range
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Ikepod revived in 2018 with Chronopod, a 44mm stainless steel chronograph designed by Emmanuel Geit, the designer for the Royal Oak Offshore
Founded in 1994, Ikepod is a Swiss watchmaker founded by Oliver Ike (an entrepreneur) and Marc Newson – an industrial designer who arguably needs no introduction. A portmanteau of Ike’s last name and Newsom’s ultra-minimalist work – 1986’s Pod Watch; the contradiction of creating a highly iconic watch line also means that on occasion, your designs are so attractive esoteric, the brand never really reaches critical commercial mass. Such is the life of an artist – too creative and too unique – you’re ahead of your time – the right combination of basic and adaptive and you’re the freshest thing since slice bread; but we digress. Ikepod is back with an all new Affordable Mechanical Megapod designed by Alexandre Peraldi
Ikepod went on hiatus a few times, first in 2003 after the heady 2nd golden age of watchmaking came to a dramatic decline and though Ikepod made better, more interesting pieces under the direction of its new owner, New York art dealer Adam Lidemann. The appeal and c...
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Ikepod revived in 2018 with Chronopod, a 44mm stainless steel chronograph designed by Emmanuel Geit, the designer for the Royal Oak Offshore
Founded in 1994, Ikepod is a Swiss watchmaker founded by Oliver Ike (an entrepreneur) and Marc Newson – an industrial designer who arguably needs no introduction. A portmanteau of Ike’s last name and Newsom’s ultra-minimalist work – 1986’s Pod Watch; the contradiction of creating a highly iconic watch line also means that on occasion, your designs are so attractive esoteric, the brand never really reaches critical commercial mass. Such is the life of an artist – too creative and too unique – you’re ahead of your time – the right combination of basic and adaptive and you’re the freshest thing since slice bread; but we digress. Ikepod is back with an all new Affordable Mechanical Megapod designed by Alexandre Peraldi
Ikepod went on hiatus a few times, first in 2003 after the heady 2nd golden age of watchmaking came to a dramatic decline and though Ikepod made better, more interesting pieces under the direction of its new owner, New York art dealer Adam Lidemann. The appeal and c...
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