The unusual beauty of the Carve watch by Alessio Romano comes from the way its watch face acts as a home for probably one of the most
beautiful textures to ever find itself on timepieces. The hammered
texture is often found on malleable metals like copper or brass, giving
the otherwise plain metal surface a wonderful play of high-contrast
light and shade. Romano’s Carve watch borrows that texture, introducing
it to the watch-face, turning an otherwise plain and minimal watch into a
textural work of art. If there were any way my finger could go through
the glass on top and just simply stroke the scallops of the hammered
texture, that’s realistically all I’d do throughout the day.
stainless steel leather strap watchRomano cites Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” as a source of inspiration for the Carve’s pure, monolithic design. The texture on the
face brings a dynamism to the otherwise plain surface treatment, giving
you a face that alters as the light sources around you move or change. I
especially love the way the date-window integrates itself into the
hammered texture too!
