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Slim and sleek with a palette of rich browns and purples or simple and clean black, the watches were link designed with precisely deployed lines that framed an experimental use of textures (snakeskin!) and colors. It was the 1970s, which meant a tale of "anything goes" link in watch design, but these earlier Citizen YSL models were smooth, subtle, and sophisticated. The fashion imprint left on the timepieces link was charming, not overbearing.
With that, Mintiens' imagination was off and running. He conceived a new Time by Color system using 48 link ceramic balls in four contrasting colors – yellow, light gray, blue, and black – link each representing 30 minutes. With only 24 balls visible on the dial at a time, the balls freely flow through a bi-level channel like a string of pearls link as the hours pass from morning to afternoon to night, emitting different color combinations depending on the hour.
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Remember when the mobile phone market was still up in the air, and everyone and their brother was trying their hand link at a handset? link If you'd forgotten about this sordid chapter only to be reminded by your favorite vintage watch column, allow me to offer my link sincerest apologies and rid the bad taste from your mouth with an earlier effort from a simpler telephonic era.
Slim and sleek with a palette of rich browns and purples or simple and clean black, the watches were link designed with precisely deployed lines that framed an experimental use of textures (snakeskin!) and colors. It was the 1970s, which meant a tale of "anything goes" link in watch design, but these earlier Citizen YSL models were smooth, subtle, and sophisticated. The fashion imprint left on the timepieces link was charming, not overbearing.
With that, Mintiens' imagination was off and running. He conceived a new Time by Color system using 48 link ceramic balls in four contrasting colors – yellow, light gray, blue, and black – link each representing 30 minutes. With only 24 balls visible on the dial at a time, the balls freely flow through a bi-level channel like a string of pearls link as the hours pass from morning to afternoon to night, emitting different color combinations depending on the hour.