New Concept Watch Lets You Wear the Porsche 917 | Designs & Ideas on Dornob - Feed https://dornob.com Architecture, Interior and Furniture Design Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:57:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 New Concept Watch Lets You Wear the Porsche 917 https://dornob.com/new-concept-watch-lets-you-wear-the-porsche-917/ Mon, 03 May 2021 18:08:20 +0000 https://dornob.com/?p=82091 The Porsche timepiece website explains that “there are watches, and then there are Porsche Design Timepieces.” Emerging designer Simon Grytten has proposed a new watch concept for the company that would fall into the latter category: a wristwatch reminiscent of the Porsche 917’s shape and inspired

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]]> The Porsche timepiece website explains that “there are watches, and then there are Porsche Design Timepieces.” Emerging designer Simon Grytten has proposed a new watch concept for the company that would fall into the latter category: a wristwatch reminiscent of the Porsche 917’s shape and inspired by its multi-year wins at the 24-hour Le Mans auto race in France.

Simon Grytten's new concept watch draws inspiration from the Porsche 917's multi-year wins in the Le Mans auto race.

Grytten, a freelance product and transportation artist living in Barcelona, devised his brainchild to resemble the roof of the Porsche 917 (the winner of both the 1970 and 1971 Le Mans competitions), which itself boasts a contoured glass windshield and matching hatch overlooking the engine. The new timepiece idea mimics the slope of that glass, elevating the middle of the face with a view of four analog time-telling dials. The design also pays tribute to the Porsche’s dashboard, with two odometer gauges implanted on one side.

Porsche logo engraved on Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch.

Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch, broken down into all its individual components.

Side-by-side photos reveal just how much Grytten's concept watch pulls from the original Porsche 917 design.

“The watch industry is a crowded market, mostly based on tradition. It is therefore very challenging to stand out, without being too complex or too futuristic,” says Gyrtton on his Behance product page. “For this project, the goal was to use Porsche DNA and philosophy. Indeed, they have proven for many years that by mixing classic and modern, disruptive & essential, the result is always unique. For Porsche, it is necessary to do more than just adding their logo on a regular watch.”

Close-up of Simon Grytten's new Porsche 917-inspired concept watch.

According to its website, Porsche is led by a “clear design philosophy: optimize function.” That includes reducing form down to the essentials and being willing to overcome the familiar to discover new and exceptional solutions.

Grytten took that sense of optimizing function to heart with this newest creation. “Nowadays, too [many] luxury watch makers expose the movement, instead of the time,” he explains. “Sometimes telling the time is even secondary. That’s why the key idea on this concept was to expose the dial as the ‘masterpiece,’ instead of the mechanical movement. To give more importance to it, inspiration from old odometers seemed the most logical way to go. It allows us to give more volume to the watch, creates completely new shapes, and also confirms the automotive heritage.”

All-white version of Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch.

Orange and white versions of Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch.

Porsche, the “world’s only car manufacturer with its own watch company,” has been producing timepieces for 40 years now, but its current collections include nothing as distinctive or unexpected as Grytten’s notion. It would be a major aesthetic shift for the company were they to pick it up.

Sleek end-clasps on Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch.

Targa branding on the side of Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch nods to the Porsche 911 Targa 4S.

The schematics also call for orange, white, and black band options made from several different materials. The dial colors would also be available in the same range of colors. The sleek end clasps allow for any size adjustment, while the sides feature Targa branding, perhaps as a nod to the Porsche 911 Targa 4S.

All four proposed colorways for Simon Grytten's Porsche 917-inspired concept watch

As an independent designer, Grytten has taken on all sorts of theoretical projects. His Behance page showcases plans for things like a NASA bike for Mars, an autonomous sailing and exploring boat for Mercedes, a self-driving BMW “Drunk Car,” and a solar wind farm for use on other planets.

More of his drafts can also be accessed on his Instagram account #gyttren_simon.

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