The project began as a way to approach watch design from within, developed as an open study to understand how form, proportion and constraints interact. From the outset, images were used to engage with the object at its earliest stage, before any physical prototype.
Visual prototyping was introduced alongside initial sketches to evaluate the watch as a complete system. Case geometry, dial aperture and index positioning were studied in relation to perceived depth and balance. Particular attention was given to surface transitions and the way light defines volume across the case profile.
Working in image allowed these parameters to be tested under controlled conditions, revealing imbalances in proportion, excess mass or lack of hierarchy before machining. The project remains open, both as an object in development and as a method supporting design teams in refining structure, surface and perception early in the process.