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A quiet-luxury identity and launch visuals for pebble’s Royale Icon, a smartwatch inspired by classic dress watches.

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Consumer Tech & Wearables

Year

2026

2026

Services

Branding

Texturing & Lighting

3D Rendering

Visual Identity

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A quiet-luxury identity and launch visuals for pebble’s Royale Icon, a smartwatch inspired by classic dress watches.

A smartwatch that dresses up.

A smartwatch that dresses up.

A smartwatch that dresses up.

The Royale Icon is pebble’s luxury smartwatch, a rectangular steel watch in the spirit of the classic tank watch. We created its brand identity and the full set of launch visuals, from 3D renders to lifestyle imagery.

The Royale Icon is pebble’s luxury smartwatch, a rectangular steel watch in the spirit of the classic tank watch. We created its brand identity and the full set of launch visuals, from 3D renders to lifestyle imagery.

The Royale Icon is pebble’s luxury smartwatch, a rectangular steel watch in the spirit of the classic tank watch. We created its brand identity and the full set of launch visuals, from 3D renders to lifestyle imagery.

Royale Icon by pebble launch poster with silver and brown smartwatches
Royale Icon brand design board with wordmark, typography and copper colour palette
Close-up of the Royale Icon 1.41-inch AMOLED watch face

The brief

The brief

The brief

pebble is known for smart, affordable tech. With the Royale Icon, they wanted a watch people would wear with a suit, not just to the gym.

pebble is known for smart, affordable tech. With the Royale Icon, they wanted a watch people would wear with a suit, not just to the gym.

pebble is known for smart, affordable tech. With the Royale Icon, they wanted a watch people would wear with a suit, not just to the gym.

The brief covered the name treatment, the brand system and every launch visual: product renders, feature frames and lifestyle shots.

The brief covered the name treatment, the brand system and every launch visual: product renders, feature frames and lifestyle shots.

The brief covered the name treatment, the brand system and every launch visual: product renders, feature frames and lifestyle shots.

The challenge

The challenge

The challenge

Smartwatches usually sell on specs, shown in neon on black. A dress watch sells on craft and restraint. The Royale Icon had to feel like jewellery and still show off its display, sports modes and splash resistance.

Smartwatches usually sell on specs, shown in neon on black. A dress watch sells on craft and restraint. The Royale Icon had to feel like jewellery and still show off its display, sports modes and splash resistance.

Smartwatches usually sell on specs, shown in neon on black. A dress watch sells on craft and restraint. The Royale Icon had to feel like jewellery and still show off its display, sports modes and splash resistance.

It also had to feel premium without looking like a copy of the luxury watches that inspired it.

It also had to feel premium without looking like a copy of the luxury watches that inspired it.

It also had to feel premium without looking like a copy of the luxury watches that inspired it.

Our approach

Our approach

Our approach

We treated it like a heritage watch launch: warm light, close-ups and very little noise, so the materials do the talking.

We treated it like a heritage watch launch: warm light, close-ups and very little noise, so the materials do the talking.

We treated it like a heritage watch launch: warm light, close-ups and very little noise, so the materials do the talking.

A name worth wearing

A name worth wearing

A name worth wearing

ICON is set in a high-contrast serif with a four-point star inside the O, with ROYALE spaced wide above it. Instrument Serif, Lexend Peta and Satoshi keep the system calm, and the palette sticks to copper, cream, black and espresso brown.

ICON is set in a high-contrast serif with a four-point star inside the O, with ROYALE spaced wide above it. Instrument Serif, Lexend Peta and Satoshi keep the system calm, and the palette sticks to copper, cream, black and espresso brown.

ICON is set in a high-contrast serif with a four-point star inside the O, with ROYALE spaced wide above it. Instrument Serif, Lexend Peta and Satoshi keep the system calm, and the palette sticks to copper, cream, black and espresso brown.

The copper matches the brown leather strap, so the brand and the product always feel like one piece.

The copper matches the brown leather strap, so the brand and the product always feel like one piece.

The copper matches the brown leather strap, so the brand and the product always feel like one piece.

3D renders of Royale Icon smartwatches with leather and steel straps
Clutch broccoli and zucchini character stickers with a vegetable snack badge
Clutch broccoli and zucchini character stickers with a vegetable snack badge
Royale Icon lifestyle grid with silver and brown watches worn with tailored outfits
Brown Royale Icon smartwatch on a wrist, reflected on a table
Brown Royale Icon smartwatch on a wrist, reflected on a table

Renders that feel like photographs

Renders that feel like photographs

Renders that feel like photographs

We textured, lit and rendered both finishes: brushed steel on a link bracelet, and black on a stitched leather strap. Soft, low-key light brings out the bevels, the crown and the detail in the dial.

Campaign imagery puts Clutch wherever you’d normally reach for chips: at the cinema, in the car, on the sofa.

Campaign imagery puts Clutch wherever you’d normally reach for chips: at the cinema, in the car, on the sofa.

Flat lay of silver and brown Royale Icon watches with watchmaker's tools
Woman snacking on Clutch zucchini crisps in a cinema seat
Woman snacking on Clutch zucchini crisps in a cinema seat
Royale Icon smartwatch covered in water droplets
Royale Icon on an athlete's wrist showing sports tracking modes

One look across the launch

One look across the launch

One look across the launch

The same light and colour run through every frame, from the AMOLED close-up and the splash test to sports modes and lifestyle shots, so the whole launch reads as one campaign.

The same light and colour run through every frame, from the AMOLED close-up and the splash test to sports modes and lifestyle shots, so the whole launch reads as one campaign.

The same light and colour run through every frame, from the AMOLED close-up and the splash test to sports modes and lifestyle shots, so the whole launch reads as one campaign.

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