Calypso - Shadows Black Corner - BLACK DYNAMITE

“Black Dynamite” is not a watch. It’s a story on your wrist. No. A legend.

A Revolution. The timepiece created by designer Blyne for “SHADOWS,” the watch brand of his Black Corner label, in collaboration with Anka, based on his Calypso model, is a horological work as graphic as it is incandescent. As playful, original, as it is explosive and transgressive. Black Dynamite is more than a watch. Much more than an object. It is a statement. A call for a Revolution of Minds. The spark of an explosive Mind-Shaker. The “Black Dynamite” watch is a philosophy embodied, a permanent reminder of the precepts and lifestyle of Black Dynamite.

A figurehead of the BCCU, the “Black Corner Cinematic Universe,” for the past 10 years, Black Dynamite proclaims his mantra at the top of his lungs: “I didn't know it was impossible. So, I did it.” A motto inspired by the quote from American author Mark Twain: “They didn't know it was impossible, so they did it.”

Emerging from the heart of the dial, dressed all in Black Corner, Black Dynamite brandishes his two weapons, symbols of his

Super Powers:

- The Torch, Light of Knowledge and Learning.

- And the Stick of Dynamite, the explosive spark of the Revolution of Ideas.

And sometimes, in the Great History of Humanity, just as in the more modest History of our lives, this Light of Knowledge transforms into the Spark of Revolution, of Loading, of Renaissance.

A friendly greeting to a fellow Super Hero and a mischievous nod to a watchmaking icon...

If this watch creation draws its design inspiration and its graphic source from the “Black Corner Cinematic Universe”, in the DNA of the label, the posture of Black Dynamite in the center of the dial, the anthracite bezel that encloses it and the purple color of the case and the bracelet are also a friendly salute to another Super Hero, from the MCU, this one. And a mischievous nod to a watchmaking icon who, a few years ago, put the said Super Hero in the spotlight. Watch enthusiasts and collectors have already understood who our subversive creative wink is aimed at…

A Disruptive Spark every hour, a Daily Revolution…

The “Black Dynamite” watch is a graphic but thunderous incentive to revolutionize your life, your daily life. To adopt a new Lifestyle, based on values and precepts imbued with the Humanity that is supposed to inspire us… How?

- The minute hand is, at its tip, an incandescent spark… Every hour on the hour, this minute hand - a spark positioned at 12 o'clock proudly sparkles vertically. It thus urges you to [re]ignite your mind, your conscience. To have an idea. To initiate a change, an evolution, even a Revolution…

- The hour hand is a stick of dynamite. The dynamite that should help you explode preconceived ideas, glass ceilings, real or virtual borders, conventions, routine...

- Twice a day, therefore, at noon and midnight, the two hands overlap and the explosive magic happens: the spark of the minute hand visually lights the stick of dynamite of the hour hand. Boom!!! The blast of this horological and virtual explosion blows a wind of freedom, creativity, audacity and rebirth into your daily life, your existence enslaved by the rigidity of our schedules and the time-consuming conformism of our activities.

More than a watch: a story to discover, an art of living to adopt...

The ultimate gift from “Black Dynamite”: with this watch, the Black Corner Super Hero helps you “break through the barriers” of your overly standardized existence. He encourages you to think about the [r]evolutions of your daily lives. To do this, he has engraved a mysterious QR Code on the back of the watch. Activate it using your Smartphone. A video is reserved for you alone, you, the happy owners of the watch. You will become Black Corner Mobsters. And who knows: Black Dynamite may share with you, in this confidential video, the Commandments of his Super Powers…

A unique label of its kind…

Created in London by director, artist and designer Blyne in 2015, almost 10 years ago to the day, Black Corner is a unique and atypical label. It is both an electro-rock / dark-wave band drawing its inspiration from electro, post-punk, new wave, the original East Coast rap of the 80s and nu metal, and a label of artistic creation and global design. Black Corner creates music and produces its works, available on all digital platforms and on vinyl records. The label designs “Street Couture” clothing, jewelry, accessories, sneakers, everyday objects, works of art, Street Art, books, documentary and fiction films, music videos ...

The inspiration for this hyper-creative collective: the dystopian, chaotic and often violent beauty of this dying post-20th century world and the advent of the next one, in a painful gestation phase... A long-time collector of Haute Horlogerie and independent watchmaking, Blyne naturally added watch design to Black Corner's creative palette. The label's watches are called “SHADOWS” Black Corner.

FEATURES :

Materials: Rubber

Movement: Miyota Quartz

Case: Rubber

Dial: 2 variations of smoked and sunburst dials: purple and anthracite

Hands: Dynamite stick hour hand and spark minute hand. The spark "ignites" and illuminates each hour. At 12 o'clock and midnight, the overlapping hands form the lit stick of dynamite.

Diameter: 39mm

Thickness: 9.5mm

Lug width: 15 mm

Glass: Mineral

Box bottom: Engraved: QR Code giving exclusive access to content from the Black Corner Cinematic Universe: "Black Dynamite's 10 Commandments"

Water resistance: 10 bars (100 m)

Strap: Interchangeable rubber

Warranty: 2 years

Limited edition of 100 numbered copies

Delivery expected for November 2025