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The watch designers
of Ventura are famous for their attractive and distinctive
designs. Embracing the special conditions of watch design,
they dedicated their efforts to clarity of design and respect
for function and courageously accepted the restrictions
of designing an instrument to be worn on the human wrist.
Alfred Brodman, Flemming Bo Hansen and Günter Wermekes
influenced contemporary notions about watch design. Indeed,
Bo Hansen's "Watch" is in the permanent design
collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Today, the Ventura collection is shaped by Zürich-based
designer Hannes Wettstein who has once again changed the
company's design paradigm by dismissing it as a primary
form of expression. Instead the on-the-edge designer emphasizes
content and objective, giving watches an appearance that
is appropriate to its functionality. Using expensive movements
paired and working in nitrogen-hardened titanium, Wettstein's
Ventura collection includes timepieces that look deceptively
simple, although their design, engineering and performance
are quite sophisticated.
Aside from the
Futura model that features a quartz movement with rotor-driven
generator, an 8-year power reserve and black with light-colored
LCD display, most v-tronic and v-matic models look somewhat
conventional. But look a little closer and you'll notice
particular attention to detail, form, function and style
that make each model quite pleasing and give each undeniable
integrity. For example, the v-matic Chronograph features
a mechanical movement with automatic winding that is shock-proof
and antimagnetic in accordance with DIN; ETA/Valjoux 7750;
multi-functionality including hours, minutes, subsidiary
seconds, date and chronograph; nitrogen-hardened titanium
case that is water-resistant to 20 atm, with an easy-to-read
black dial with tritium-coated dot and bar markers and hands.
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