{"product_id":"pierre-cardin-espace-as08184","title":"Pierre Cardin Espace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn contemporary watch collecting, the radical designs of the 1970s are often overlooked in favor of the classic silhouettes of the 1950s and 1960s. And we think that’s a shame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBack in the Grooviest Decade, industrial designers, fashion houses, and creatives of all stripes were experimenting with Space Age shapes inspired by man’s journey into…well…space! The Moon Landings of 1969 occupied the zeitgeist for decades to come — indeed, if you’re an Omega Speedmaster collector, they still do — and saw the creation of art that departed from the restrained, midcentury norms of the day into something flamboyant, colorful, and fun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e1970s watchmaking proved no exception to this playful experimentation. Pierre Cardin, a then-highly influential figure in womenswear who licensed his eponymous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emaison’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e name to all sorts of products, created a line of 26 androgynous timepieces cased in plastic and steel and powered by hand-wound movements from Jaeger. Unlike contemporary pieces from the likes of Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe — which were often cased in precious metals — these funky watches remain highly affordable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular Pierre Cardin Espace truly lived up to its Space Age inspiration: Housed in a 42mm ‘UFO’ case in stainless steel with brushed finishing, it features an unsigned crown, an acrylic crystal, a concave, polished bezel, and a brushed grey dial with printed, black rectangular indices and a matching black ‘pencil’ handset. By Pierre Cardin’s standards, this timepiece is certainly among his more tame designs!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by the manually wound FHF36 movement from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFabrique d'Horlogerie Fontainemelon, a Swiss ébauché manufacturer that was eventually subsumed into ETA in 1985, it was produced in France, rather than in Switzerland. Paired to a brown suede single-pass strap with contrasting top stitching and a stainless steel pin buckle, this funky, hand-wound beauty is a perfect entry point into the world of vintage watch collecting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDon’t believe us? Try it on for size!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierre Cardin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40113487970391,"sku":"40991232","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS08184_40991232_PIERRECARDIN_ESPACE_PC101.jpg?v=1675800037","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/pierre-cardin-espace-as08184","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}