Marc Newson Small POD Wristwatch, 1987

Small 'POD' wristwatch, designed by Marc Newson, circa 1987. Dial stainless steel. Calibre quartz. Case stainless steel, sapphire crystal glass, back secured by six screws. Closure black rubber strap with steel fastener. Dimensions 40 mm diameter. Signed case signed 'Marc Newson Design', dial signed 'POD'. Provenance: Adrian Lewis Jewellery, Sydney. Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1987/88. Exhibited: Marc Newson - Design Works, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 9 August 2001 - 3 February 2002. Literature: Conway Lloyd Morgan, Marc Newson, Thames & Hudson, New York, 2001, p. 51. Other Notes. A watch was one of the first things acclaimed international designer Marc Newson (b. 1963) tried to make as a child, intrigued by the technical intricacy that was concealed within such small objects. Not long after graduating from Sydney College of Arts in 1984 he designed the celebrated Large POD watch and in 1987 followed up with its smaller sibling, the Small POD watch, made from stainless steel not aluminium, with watch hands and a quartz movement, designed to be more in keeping with conventional wristwatches whilst maintaining the smooth, streamlined aesthetic that would flow through to his later Ikepod watches and, in 2014, to his involvement in the design of the Apple Watch. The present lot was loaned by the vendor to the Powerhouse Museum (part of Sydney Museum of Applied Arts and Science) for inclusion in their landmark retrospective exhibition Marc Newson - Design Works held from August 2001 to February 2002.