Aspen Peak - Niche Media - Aspen living at its peak
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STYLING BY TERRY LEWIS A s the Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival ( June 24–July 3) marks its first 10 years by looking forward to the next decade's develop- ments in science and technology, the world's leading watch brands also have their eyes cast toward the future in their use of high-tech materials inspired by the automotive, aviation, and medical fields. Steel and titanium have long been the traditional metals of choice for sporty, rugged time- pieces, but watchmakers are now experimenting with innovations from Watches of Substance WATCH BRANDS ARE OFFERING CUTTINGEDGE TIMEPIECES THAT UTILIZE BOLD, NEW MATERIALS TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF FORWARDTHINKING MEN. BY ROBERTA NAAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF CRAWFORD the manufacturing sector and science to perfect their time-honored craft. As watch brands study and test these high-tech materials, they find cre- ative ways to reinterpret them for watchcases, dials, and even straps. Among the new alloys and materials being employed in the timekeeping world are highly specialized ceramics, carbon fiber, aluminum, mixed- material alloys, and more. When steel is used in its non-silver format for today's sporty watches, it is usually coated or impregnated with 130 ASPENPEAK-MAGAZINE.COM TIME HONORED 128-131_AP_SS_TimeHonored_SUM_FALL_14.indd 130 5/6/14 5:10 PM