since 1976
since 1976
From Time Concepts Press Release
Legendary designer Frank Stephenson has officially launched COSMOS, his first watch collection with quality watchmakers Time Concepts. Creating COSMOS beautifully blends this expertise in futuristic new-age mobility with a passion for design excellence.
Stephenson, responsible for the design of some of the most exotic and iconic cars including Ferraris, Maseratis, McLarens, MINI and Fiat 500 models, has developed a design portfolio encompassing bold industrial design, new mobility projects such as eVTOL and outer space.
The initial series is named after the glittering metropolis of stars, with a purposeful design, accomplished with stunning and individually unique sparkling granite dials that conjure up views of the cosmic regions of space. All three hands appear to float unattached around the dial’s centrally located black hole.
The Frank Stephenson collection, part of the Szanto ICON watch series, features styling cues reflecting the designer’s monumental work within the automotive industry and his more recent contributions to new mobility design, with his logo featuring prominently on the dial and his signature on the back of the watch case.
The FS COSMOS is crafted with a stainless-steel case and case back with a highly scratch resistant domed K1 crystal. The dial features an original stylized font for the numbers at the four corners (0, 3, 6 and 9) that are printed with thick Superluminova lume for night glow. The watch has a soft, supple and ergonomically shaped silicone rubber strap with a bespoke designed buckle. A Japanese quartz movement from Miyota powers the watch and ensures years of highly dependable wear with zero reliability issues.
The watch is the first in a trilogy of designs inspired by Air, Sea and Land.
Frank Stephenson said: “It’s the age-old adage ‘car people are watch people’, so it was a natural step for me to get creative with timepieces too. It was very enjoyable designing COSMOS and I’m proud to debut it to all enthusiasts.
“The collection showcases the love I have for exceptional and emotionally charged design, just like what is required in designing world class cars. We hope that car enthusiasts and those that appreciate unique and compelling design will gravitate to my new watch collection and enjoy wearing them through all of life’s exciting adventures.”
About Frank Stephenson Design
Frank Stephenson Design is an independent design company, with world-class dynamic talent and creativity, open to improving the reality for clients from all over the world.
In 2018, Frank Stephenson founded the independent design company, Frank Stephenson Design, based in London (UK), to collaborate with companies from all sectors of industry, delivering segment leading style, refinement and performance. Frank Stephenson Design represents the culmination of the talent and skills of one of the most renowned designers today and seeks to create a lasting, strong and positive impact through added design value for all its clients.
In an increasingly digital world, YouTube has become one of the most important mediums to share work and in April 2020, Frank Stephenson launched his official YouTube channel amassing over 214,000 subscribers to date and over 125,000 followers on the Chinese social media platform Bilibili.
About Time Concepts
Time Concepts, LLC was started by Barry Cohen after a 27-year career as founder, former owner and CEO of the Swiss-made watch company Luminox, which gained fame for making the official watch of the Navy SEALs, which established Luminox as a global brand in the 1990’s. Cohen launched Time Concepts as a platform to develop Private Label watches after receiving ongoing requests to develop watches for other brands or retailers, and later added their own Szanto vintage brand and the Hawaiian Lifeguard Assn brand of dive watches. The newest addition to the Time Concepts stable of brands is ProTek (Official Watch brand of the United States Marines) that brings Cohen back to his roots with tritium illumination tactical style timepieces. Time Concepts develops watches in Switzerland and Asia, and uses only top-quality manufacturers, with most watches manufactured in a dust-free, temperature and humidity controlled clean-room environment to ensure years of dependable service. For a full list of products and additional information on Time Concepts, please visit www.timeconcepts.net.
