Watchmaker Anicorn has teamed up with the most important space exploration outfit on the planet(s), NASA, to create a brand new watch that aims to celebrate the Perseverance Rover touching down in Jezero Crater on Mars. And the results? Ladies and gentleman, we bring you the most bizarre watch of 2020. Called the Mars Time, this striking hexagonal timepiece has been styled as a homage to the space traversing all-terrain vehicle, and the finished product is so out of the ordinary it looks like it could’ve been created in a bunker near Area 51. Either that or its a short stack of pieces of desiccated orange, spray-painted white within a hexagonal fruit bowl. It’s all in the eye of the alien beholder. The case Mind you, though, while the 42mm (12.5mm thick) satin-brushed 316L steel case is positively futuristic, its hexagonal shape is one that really fits within the extraterrestrial theme. It’s just strange enough to be out of this world. The lugs are relatively short, but articulate downwards for comfort, and likely mean it would wear no smaller or larger than the 42mm on the spec sheet suggests. The caseback features a blued steel frame that holds the sapphire…
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