In Switzerland, coffee giant Nespresso has partnered with watchmaker Hublot to create wrist watch elements from used coffee grounds and pods.
The material is being used in Hublot’s Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin timepiece. The project is one of several in Nespresso’s Second Life program, which looks for opportunities to repurpose waste from coffee into useful products.
The Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin features a 42-mm case, crown, and pusher. Recycled titanium and aluminum are also used in the watch, which includes an engraved “N” for Nespresso’s branding and elements of anodized green—a nod to Nespresso’s Master Origins Peru Organic coffee capsule.