In my case, a permanent wristwatch display showing the history of the wristwatch, and it is going to take a lot more than a just timepieces or words. Too many words and people get tired, too few and no message is conveyed. The same holds true with timepieces, too many and people just cannot take it all in.
How to get around this is a mixture of words and powerful graphics. My goal is to make a display utilizing bold graphics where the “picture’ helps tell the story. Easy? Actually no. Luckily I have a lot of experience and talent around me, and with their help, I am sure we will achieve our goal.
Therefore since last update, I am concentrating on the ‘date line’ bullet descriptors, the individual watch descriptions, and, of course the graphics.
Below are some photographs of the first three displays that cover:
1) 1900 – 1919
2) Hermetic/Purse watches
3) 1920s to 1940s
The date line summaries are my first draft, both Noel Poirier, myself and others are constantly going back to them to see not if, but how they can be improved. The graphics you see on the wall are purely the pictures I am intending to scan in and turn into powerful visuals.
Adam R Harris
National Watch & Clock Museum Gallet Guest Curator of Wristwatches
A view of the graphical layout of the exhibit:
Display Case #1 with first draft labels:
Some preliminary graphic ideas above Display Case #1:
Display Case # 2 containing Hermetic (purse) watches:
Display Case #3 covering the years 1920 to 1940:
Finally the draft graphics above Hermetic and Display Case # 3:
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