My Grandfather Guy was an unusual man. I remember hearing a story of him mixing chemicals in his bathtub to develop the world’s first hair dye with a clear consistency for men - although I was told it gave hair a rather garish brown colour!After serving as a Lt Col mechanical engineer in WW2, he founded the companies ‘Bristol Repitition’ and ‘Tallon’ - inventing machines to automate the manufacturing processes for his new brand of pens. In January 1961 he was awarded several international patents for his unique tooling devices and writing instrument innovations.Later on Tallon produced toy construction sets with the tagline
“Designed by the engineers of today - for the engineers of tomorrow”.

Guy was an avid racer, so naturally he designed and worked on a series of race cars that he would take to the track. As described in Iota magazine by the 500 Club:“The Bristol-built Arengo hit the headlines early in 1950, when Joe Fry, in the prototype, ran away with a 500-c.c. event at Lulsgate, to beat up several Coopers”.To me Guy was a dreamer who dared - unafraid to follow his intuition. Stories like this sparked my imagination and opened my mind to ideas that I could create too.

My father John was a decorative artist and painter who also taught at Brunel university in Bristol. He had an acute eye for detail and mastered the ability to imitate many types of marble and wood, a skill he would apply when creating murals. I also remember him as a witty story teller, improvising characters with a wicked sense of humour.My mother Sue is a writer and artist, known internationally for her re-telling of classic children's tales that help teach English to foreign students. She never went to art school but has had many exhibitions for her work, and continues to paint intuitively.

Inspired by their enterprising spirit, I've pursued a burning fascination with watches and an ambition to develop my own brand and ideas.

O.G

• Watches

engineering

THE MOVEMENT

The GUY-1 is an exclusive design and construction, that is built and tested in Glashütte, Germany.Its three bridges are carefully bevelled and then polished to accentuate their unique shapes, inspired by vintage pocket watch movements and classical watchmaking. Decorated with gold perlage and Geneva stripes, it shines like the mirror polishing on its steel screws, swan-neck regulator, and Glashütte rachet-click system.. not forgetting the screwed balance wheel and diamond bevelled centre wheel.View the full list of specifications, including finishing and decorations below.

*Prototype GUY-1 shown. Final movement will have further refinements.

display

DIAL & HANDS

For purity and simplicity, only the hours and minutes are displayed under a floating chapter ring. This is to add depth and focus to the dial, as each one is special, with its stars engraved by hand.Diagonally brushed and then specially coated, light is reflected like a shower of shooting stars across its surface when tilted, flashing different shades of dark and light.The geometrical hands are made in a two-piece construction, creating a clean contrast between the 0.1mm chamfered, sandblasted bodies and tips.

feel

THE CASE

A comfortable 41mm in 316L steel, finished with contrasting polished and sandblasted surfaces. The case features a vintage style crown for superior winding and adjustment, as well as a decagonal screw-down case back with sapphire window to view the GUY-1 movement.

*Prototype case shown. Final version will have further refinements.

FIT

STRAP & BUCKLE

To create a homogeneous design, details and consistency matter. That's why the original O.G buckle is directly inspired by the case's aesthetic, matching the case's two-tone decoration.Handmade with a non-stitch design, the ultra sleek and durable nylon, leather strap in space grey pairs well, for an out of this world look.

*Prototype buckle shown. Final version will have further refinements.

PRODUCTION

ASSEMBLEY

Each of the ten Deep Space watches are assembled in Saxony, in the historic watchmaking town of Glashütte by DK Precision Mechanics - a small team of master watchmakers and decorators, who produce movements and components for many esteemed watch brands.