The co-creator of the Apple Watch says contemporary luxury watch design is “underwhelming” and “slightly troubling”. Marc Newson, who on Thursday will announce his first high-end luxury mechanical wristwatch in more than a decade, said watchmakers were too “isolated” and that the industry was prone to getting “carried away with the technicality of things” at the expense of what he called the “aesthetic fundamentals”.
The prolific UK-based Australian designer has previously…

