From my perspective, the simplistic design of the Junghans Max Bill timepiece is constantly being ripped off by the fashion watch industry. I had to do some research, did max Bill create the first Bauhaus watch or did he design the most iconic timepiece of the 20th century?
I love this iconic design, I am a minimalist and this simple yet elegant design really resonates with me. Everyone from Daniel Wellington, Orient, Timex, Tissot to Skagen has adapting this iconic design created for Junghams in 1961 and it still looks magnificent.
The Bauhaus movement is quintessentially German, that is a minimalist approach of function and usage. The Bauhaus art movement dominated European art through a number of mediums. The art genres such as surrealism and abstract expressionism have been argued predominantly favouring painting whereas Bauhaus influenced architecture and household accessories.
From what I can determine, the Junhans kitchen clock was released around 1953 and of course designed by Max Bill. The designer of the clock didn’t create the Bauhaus movement, Max Bill himself attended Bauhaus in Dessau but is credited as being the most influential exponent of the Bauhaus movement.
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