breil sangue by laertis-antonios vassiliou from netherlands
designer's own words:
an iconic watch combining elements of breil trademarks such as commercials with gorgeous vampires, illustrations of the obsessive attachment of breil owners to their watch and iconism. "sangue" is a robust yet elegant, extensively personalized watch, which can become as entwined and essential to its owner as his own blood. the carrier of oxygen in blood, iron, is the main component of steel from which the case of the watch is created. the reference triangle is completed by the identity of each breil’s owner since each "sangue" will carry an anaglyph of the owner’s blood type creating a new, innovative and unbreakable bond, the one of blood. such a deeply physical and emotional connection characterizing human relationships has never before being attributed to a desire item.
the universally recognized and established motto of breil “don’t touch my breil” can enter a new era and evolve to a more intense “il mio breil, il mio sangue” (“my breil, my blood”). "sangue" bonds the indestructible power of human history, traditions, family and friendship with a bright, iconic future of the brand in a twist that will attract uncountable devoted breil lovers.
"sangue" apart from the “blood-type” personalization will also provide owners with more customizing options including a variety of materials to choose from for each part of the watch. the main 50mm wide case can be made of two types of stainless steel, satin-brushed or crystal-glossy. the dial is blood red and comprised of a semitransparent colored crystal allowing viewing of the watch’s intricate mechanism. the alternative choice of dial material is blood red carbon-fiber for a more sporty character. the watch band is be made of textured black rubber carrying the breil-milano anaglyph placed symmetrically on each side of the case. the hour and minute markers on the dial are made of glossy steel and the two centralized chronographs out of satin brushed steel. the left one is a stopwatch while the right one indicates the day of week. in the middle between the two chronographs is the date indicator. on both sides of the watch control handles can be found; an on/off button for the stopwatch on the left while on the right there is the crown with a red spherical finishing made by the same material of the dial (blood red crystal/carbon-fiber). the total thickness of the case including the rise of the cylindrical barrel reaches 13mm in total.