Press Release
Celtic Legacy Mens Watch by Martin Iglody Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Martin Iglody honored for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Celtic Legacy Mens Watch by Martin Iglody, designed for Martin Design, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Celtic Legacy Mens Watch
The Celtic Legacy timepieces represent the culture and art of the Celtic era where graphical symbols has very strong meaning. For a years, humans are driven by exploration to discover new ideas, new concepts and new frontiers which is implemented in this collection. With precision engineering this mechanical watches are finely produced and they can last for generations. The dimensions and the design of Celtic Legacy provides the perfect blend of elegance, class and balance.
About Martin Iglody
Martin Iglody, watch designer. Born in Kosice - Slovakia and living in Cork - Ireland. The great appreciation for watches was something developed much later on in his life. Martin converted his strong watch enthusiasm and his graphic design ability to artistic creativity of timepieces and continue to do so from 2016. In 2017 he founded MD studio for purpose to materialize his designs to final product. As a independent watch designer works with talented watchmakers and reliable watch manufacturers in Europe and Asia.
Award Record
With this recognition, Martin Iglody is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2020 - 2021 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Jewelry Design Award
The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Entries typically include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. Awarded jewelry designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/135869
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135869
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135869
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/261259
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/356hINK
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Celtic Legacy Mens Watch
- Function
- Mens Watch
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray, Lavender, Black and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Martin Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Martin Iglody
- Country
- Ireland
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #135869
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Celtic Legacy watch collection represent the Celtic art style and its meaning. The goal of this project is to implement Celtic culture and history of their particular symbols which are well-known worldwide. The most important element which embodies of Celtic expression in this timepieces is Celtic knot which you can find in watch dial, crown and back case. The combination of a strong, sleek aesthetic and playful design gives these timepieces exceptional character.
- Inspiration
- The Celts truly hold a special place in history with their significant artistic symbols. Original Celtic knot designs can be dated back to the 3rd century. They are believed to have represented faith, declare unity between people and in some cases, to protect against evil spirits. Celtic knot famously comprise of one continuous line, with no beginning and no end. A pattern of infinity. All this has strong influence on design development for Celtic Legacy timepieces.
- Research
- The new designed smart watches is slowly making even the best watches and clocks obsolete, which is a crying shame. With this information from our research online we believe the classical wrist watch has still good position in present market. We decided to create classy dress watches with strong story behind and with inspiration of historical Celtic knot symbol for this project. This symbol took crucial position in watch dial. We believe the Celtic Legacy timepieces can compete with any high quality watches and their design can become one of the favorite for mechanical watch lovers.
- Challenge
- The main issue we had with the wholes on the side of the watch case lugs which they need to be cut on the side way proportionally 2 mm from the edge. The production team were worried the lugs will be too thin and they can be easily punched in just by pressing them. The second problem with this cuts was polishing the wholes. We decide that cuts need to be thicker, so the material can resist the pressure. For polishing inner wholes we just simply use the polishing pads of the cone shape. We believe that all issues during production time we solved very efficiently and in the best timeline as possible.
- Realization and Technology
- The Celtic Legacy watch design was born of course in Ireland on my working desk. The timepieces are manufactured in China and watch Movement Seiko NH72A are from Japan. There are several material used in final product: Stainless steel for Watch case and part of watch crown, few different types of colous in IP plating for dials, indices and watch hands. The top glass and part of watch crown are made from sapphire crystal and finally watch straps are produced in Italy from the fine calfskin leather.
- Operation and Interaction
- Men Automatic self winding automatic watches. The models include three hands which show you hour, minute and second of the watch mechanism. This model you can operate by pull out the crown on the second position and set the time and push in. With first position you can wind the watch.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in June 2020 from scratch design in Cork, Ireland and first prototype was made in January 2021. After small changes and adjustment the final prototype was born in October 2021.
- Specifications
- Metal Case 316 L Stainless Steel, Diameter 40 mm, Case Thickness 12 mm, Double Domed Sapphire Crystal Glass for Dial, Sapphire Crystal Watch Crown Combined with Stainless Steel, Handcrafted Calfskin Watch Strap, Movement: Seiko NH72A gun metal grey skeleton movement with Cotes de Geneve rotor, Self winding Automatic, 24 Jewels, Frequency 21 600, Running Time 41 Hours, Hour, Minutes and Second Rose Gold Watch Hands, Circular Brushed and IP Color Plated Multi Layered Dial, 3D Rose Gold Indices
- Keywords
- Celtic legacy, watch, automatic watch, classy style watch
