The 45th Hong Kong Watch & & Clock Fair and the 14th Salon de TIMEcollectively arranged by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Limited, and The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & & Industries Limited, concluded their physical exhibits on 5 September, drawing in over 17,000 trade purchasers from 115 nations and areas.
The outcomes of the 43rd Hong Kong Watch & & Clock Design Competitionlikewise collectively arranged by HKTDC, The Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Ltd., and The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & & Industries Ltd., have actually been revealed. The reasonable showcased all winning and shortlisted entries, and an award discussion event was hung on the occasion phase.
Considering that its beginning, the Hong Kong Watch & & Clock Design Competition has actually intended to raise the style requirements and quality of Hong Kong watches and clocks, motivate ingenious and innovative concepts, enhance the fair’s material, and promote sales of Hong Kong-made wrist watches in both regional and abroad markets.
This year’s competitors included an Open Group and a Trainee Groupwith the styles’Going beyond Time’ and’Contours of the Breeze’ respectively. The style’Going beyond Time’ welcomed individuals to equate sensory languages such as visual, acoustic, and tactile experiences into style components, developing an abstract, transcendent world that breaks through the borders of time. Under the style’Contours of the Breeze’individuals were motivated to catch the motion and circulation of wind through watch style, showing the endless possibilities come across in life’s journey.
The competitors got a passionate reaction, bring in 130 entries. The evaluating panel consisted of 8 agents from the watch and clock market, together with celeb visitor judge Joey Thyewho collectively picked the Champion, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, and Merit Award winners in both classifications.
Workmanship satisfies imagination to reimagine the idea of time
The Champion of the Open Group,Tectonic Indeterminacywas created byChan Pak Hei and Yang Tianxuand sponsored by Golden Hawk Manufactory Ltd. Motivated by the natural geometric type of pebbles, the style was formed through a strenuous procedure of subtraction. Angled geometric aspects were sculpted from a strong kind, changing the dial into a concrete representation of time, while a shaped space effortlessly incorporates the crown into the watch body. Through pure spatial and geometric control, the wrist watch goes beyond the traditional function of timekeeping, turning reading time into an experience abundant in spatial depth and tactile stress.
The First Runner-up, Channelwas created by Wong Ting Bong and sponsored by Youngs Watch Company Limited and Po Fai Precision Company Limited. The dial integrates the scale and tip of a VU meter, frequently utilized in audio devices to suggest volume levels, changing the abstract ideas of time and sound into noticeable physical traces.
The Second Runner-up was Pang Sze Ngawho created the Minute of Stillness illustrating range of mountains and described in gold wire, with enamel forming rivers and peaks, while a relief swallow weaves through the landscape as a messenger of time.
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The Student Group was open to full-time trainees in Hong Kong to find emerging skill in the regional watch and clock market through the competitors.
The Champion,Traces of Stormwas developed by Yip Yuen Sze, Christine of the Hong Kong Design InstituteThe watch face includes patterns looking like cyclones seen in satellite cloud images, while the hands are formed like lightning bolts. The style symbolises the concept that real unlimited possibilities start with the guts to collect storm clouds, release lightning, and break brand-new ground.
The First Runner-up went toTam Hei Yiu of Pope Paul VI College for Going through the breezeThe hour, minute, and useds take the kinds of a woman, a tree, and a windmill, respectively. As the hands move, the lady appears to encounter a grassy field, communicating the message of continually aiming towards one’s objectives in life.
The Second Runner-up wasCarpe Diemcreated by Lo Hoi Pui of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong KongThe style draws its motivation and type from the feathery seeds of a dandelion, while the main hand is designed on a weathervane.
This year, the Made-to-Sell Award was when again provided to identify a Student Group entry with strong business capacity. Evaluated by a panel of 8 watch makers, the award went to Yip Yuen Sze, Christinethe Student Group Champion from theHong Kong Design Institutefor her gaining style, Traces of StormThe Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Ltd., and The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & & Industries Ltd. will bring the style into production, after which it will be released to the marketplace through the HKTDC’s Design Gallery.
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Hong Kong Watch & & Clock Fair: hkwatchfair.hktdc.com
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