Dezeen | Álvaro Siza designs square watch informed by his Leça swimming pool @dezeen | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza has designed a square-shaped watch, the Lebond Siza, which draws on one of his early designs and will be his "Sunday watch".

The Portuguese architect drew on his design for the Leça swimming pool complex, which he created in 1966 at the age of 28, when creating the watch.

Its case shape was informed by the square shape of the main swimming pool, while the watch hands nod to the minimalist restroom signs used for the project.

Siza referenced the connection between watches and architecture for the design, stating: "Space and time move architecture."

His reason for choosing to create a square watch was to design something different, the 89-year-old architect said.

"There already exist many beautiful round watches," Siza said. "I want to create something different."

“It is an elegant and sophisticated watch," he added. "It will be my Sunday watch."

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