ABOUT VOID WATCHES
VOID Watches is an independent boutique watch brand launched in 2008 as the single vision of Swedish designer David Ericsson.
VOID Watches has a unique take on watch design using simple yet expressive shapes, giving our watches an almost architectural expression. Just like a great building is designed to fit its environment, all VOID Watches are made to sit perfectly on your wrist.
The design draws heavily on the Scandinavian design tradition using simple geometries and materials often found in architecture. Our design philosophy is to create unique products using as simple geometries as possible and bring them to life by using honest, traditional materials.
VOID
In astronomy, voids are the empty spaces between filaments, the largest-scale structures in the Universe, that contain very few, or no, galaxies. Voids typically have a diameter of 40 to 500 million light years, so large that we can not even begin to grasp their vastness. In this they are similar to the concept of time, it’s something that is always there but not to be seen or touched, only to be measured.
DAVID ERICSSON
David Ericsson (b 1977 in Sweden) has always been fascinated with the process of creating products, from idea to delivery to the end user. After graduating as an engineer from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, he started to work for one of Sweden’s largest industrial design firms, where he gradually shifted his attention towards design. With a technical background, his design approach is often to keep things as simple as possible, but with a unique twist.
V01EL – DIGITAL WATCH
Originally launched in 2008, this watch uses a custom inverted LCD display with an electroluminescent back light and simple time/date functions. The solid stainless steel case is measuring 36 x 42 x 9mm. The watch comes in various colours and finishes. It has a mineral glass crystal and a high quality leather strap.
The perfectly proportioned half glass, half stainless steel front is inspired by the horizon - the line where sky and sea meet - a coming together of the elements and a reconciliation of opposites.
V02 – ANALOGUE WATCH
This iconic watch features a novel interpretation of the classic speedometer-style dial showing only half of the traditional circular face.
The V02 uses two ‘compass needle’ hands, the short hand representing the hours and the long indicating the minutes as on a normal watch. Each hand has one red and one white tip at opposite ends where each coloured tip corresponds to the digit with the matching colour on the dial.
This watch is deliberately engineered to encourage the user to reflect on the value of time. The main challenge has been finding the optimum balance between usability and complexity. By using a representation of the classic compass needle, a deliberate contradiction of an intuitive symbology is created. This unusual method of displaying time encourages the user to reflect on this most precious of all commodities and acts as a reminder of the fragility and transience of a moment.
The solid stainless steel case is precisely molded and carefully proportioned measuring 36 x 42 x 9mm. The watch comes in various colours and finishes, with a mineral glass crystal and high quality leather strap. The ‘compass needle’ hands still allow the use of a standard 12 hour high quality quartz movement from Japan.
VC1 – CUFFLINKS
The VC1 cufflinks are produced by a CNC lathe and made of 100% recyclable aluminum. They are anodized for a strong and lasting finish. There are no moving parts so these cufflinks will last a lifetime.
Intrigued by making something beautiful and decorative using industrial machinery, David Ericsson designed a pair of cufflinks that is the machine operators’ and the wearers’ best friend. Every detail and angle is not only carefully proportioned, but also made to fit the machine and the tools by which they are made. For example, the bottom angle in the cone in the front end of the cufflink is 118 degrees, the standard tip angle of a drill.
The cufflinks are extremely lightweight and very comfortable to wear.
