convex • \ˈspek-trəm\ • adjective
: curving or bulging outward
The word convex has appeared in 10 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Jan. 17 in “Independent Watch Brands Most at Risk in the Downturn” by Victoria Gomelsky:
At the 26th annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, known as SIHH, which opens in Geneva this week, the focus is on small, independent watchmakers and how they will weather the downturn. Home to such prestige brands as Cartier, Panerai and IWC, the trade fair is for the first time opening the exclusive venue to nine independently owned watchmakers, in a space called the Carré des Horlogers. Now that Ralph Lauren Watches is no longer exhibiting at SIHH, the event has room to accommodate a group of artisans pioneering “the nouvelle horology,” said Fabienne Lupo, president and managing director of the fair’s organizer, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie.
… Laurent Ferrier, who spent four decades at Patek Philippe before founding his namesake brand in 2012, will show several pieces from his Galet collection, including the Galet Traveller Globe Night Blue, which features a globe beneath a night sky. “For this piece, the sapphire is even more convex than on previous versions in order to give even more volume to the globe,” Mr. Ferrier said in an email.
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