Bauhaus Style: New Junghans Max Bill Watches
Junghans has announced new additions to the Max Bill by Junghans collection. The notable feature of these new additions is their increased dimensions, while remaining true to the original Bauhaus design.The Bauhaus school of design began life as an art school in Germany in 1919, but went on to influence all the arts, architecture, typography, and industrial design for decades. Bauhaus is recognizable by the absence of ornamentation, and the form and function of an object working together seamlessly.An example of Bauhaus architecture further above, and a tripod chair by Max Bill. This is also Bauhaus.Bauhaus began as a school for industrial design, and while it's most associated with furniture and architecture, it originally didn't have an architecture component at the school at all. The architectural output from 1919-1927 was quite small. It was only after 1927, after Max Bill had left the school and moved to Zurich, that architecture became a focus, but the style is characterized by s

Is Omega more popular in the UK?
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What is it?
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Oyster Quartz ?
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