IKEPOD has over the years sought to convey something different to the watch collector's world, something that introduces elements from the worlds of art and design into the world of horology. It is always difficult to cross between worlds and between cultures, but IKEPOD designer Marc Newson...

Louise Neri: When did you make your first watch? Marc Newson: At the age of twelve, in my grandfather’s garage in Sydney. I found a piece of blue Plexiglas, carved it into a funny, massive rectangular shape and bored a big, perfect, cylindrical hole through it with a power tool. Then I inserted...