{"id":37085,"date":"2017-08-24T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=37085"},"modified":"2017-08-24T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T08:30:30","slug":"junghans-celebrates-geometric-art-bauhaus-movement-2017-max-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/junghans-celebrates-geometric-art-bauhaus-movement-2017-max-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Junghans celebrates geometric art of the Bauhaus movement on 2017 Max Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Junghans has released a special edition of its Max Mill classic collection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The watch embodies the Bauhaus philosophy, reflecting the core motto of &#8220;form follows function&#8221; in every detail.<\/p>\n<p>The dial of the watch conforms to the architectural and artistic movement&#8217;s love of simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>On the case back a range of prints known as\u00a0&#8220;grafische reihen&#8221; (graphic series) are presented.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;grafische\u00a0 reihen&#8221; are\u00a0a series of geometric forms based on mathematical rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The artist referred to his work as &#8220;a pure interaction of form and colour &#8230; the sole purpose of which is to delight with its existence&#8221;. It was created in the early years of his career (1935-1938), after attending the Bauhaus in Dessau, founded as an art school by Walter Gropius,&#8221; Junghans explains.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Junghans Max Nill Edition 2017 is available in two variants: with a lined index dial for admirers of absolute purism or a dial featuring the Max Bill typography with Arabic numbers for the hour markers.<\/p>\n<p>Both versions are equipped with a special strap featuring the colours used in &#8220;variation 1&#8221; on the lining leather.<\/p>\n<p>Junghans is distributed in the UK by The Blue Company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/2017\/08\/max-bill-Edition-2017_041_4763_00.jpg\" alt=\"max bill Edition 2017_041_4763_00\" width=\"922\" height=\"1772\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/2017\/08\/max-bill-Edition-2017_041_4762_00_back.jpg\" alt=\"max bill Edition 2017_041_4762_00_back\" width=\"919\" height=\"1772\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/2017\/08\/max-bill-Edition-2017_041_4762_00.jpg\" alt=\"max bill Edition 2017_041_4762_00\" width=\"930\" height=\"1772\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/2017\/08\/max-bill-Edition-2017_041_4763_00_back.jpg\" alt=\"max bill Edition 2017_041_4763_00_back\" width=\"921\" height=\"1772\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junghans has released a special edition of its Max Mill classic collection. 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