WHERE HOROLOGY MEETS ART
MIKE BREND, ELEVEN 11
Eleven 11 is the company name of British artist Mike Brend who is a mechanical engineer by day and artist by night. “It all started as a hobby. I am really into watches and I'm inspired by the Scandanavian minimalist style. I am a project manager for an oil and gas company and am used to doing technical drawings. I like the clean lines of the geometric shapes and the two came together.”
Brend’s first piece was a drawing of his Rolex Submariner, which he created using a 2D-CAD program. He put the picture on Instagram just under a year ago and now has a fully fledged part-time business creating technical drawings for watch collectors. “The business has stemmed from my Instagram account. I only have about 2,000 followers, but the interest in my work has skyrocketed. I started last year in October and sold my first drawing in December 2016. I have produced over 700 prints to date.”
The prints come on high-quality satin-finished photo paper, but Brend can also
