Giuliano Mazzuoli Manometro Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com Giuliano Mazzuoli is an artist. His luxury watches are his portfolio, and the mechanical world is his muse. As a typesetter by trade, Mazzuoli escaped the obsolescence of printed pages by way of a greater anachronism; the mechanical watch. In 2004, Mazzuoli launched his first watch and most renowned design to date; the Manometro, Italian for "Pressure Gauge." From his Italian home, Mazzuoli and his family-run company design beautiful tributes to their favorite utilitarian objects. With a total staff amounting to barely one dozen workers - half of them immediate family - this is a watchmaker that stresses virtue over volume. Annual production amounts to less than one thousand pieces, and Mazzuoli's artistic sensibility refuses to pander to common tastes. Uniquely among modern watch brands claiming Italian roots, Giuliano Mazzuoli makes no effort to ride Panerai's coat tails. Mazzuoli's design approach and (nearly invisible) marketing efforts make no attempts to feign "military heritage" or play commando. Rather than a "spec-war" scowl, the Manometro is designed to elicit smiles from owners and onlookers alike. The Manometro is designed to resemble an automotive tire pressure gauge, and Mazzuoli is proud to declare the fact. In fact, the Manometro is a celebration of its source material. While the uncluttered dial, lug-less case, and vivid calibrations are a dead-ringer for a tire pressure gauge, the finish and detailing would put even Ferrari's