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[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm pretty fan of my Junkers "Régulateur" (despite the spelling mistake on the dial)

A more risky proposition is my The One "Razor Block" binary watch, which I love the object but can't honesty say I'm really wearing

As for unobtainium watches, the Cartier "Masse Mystérieuse" takes it all : an automatic where the entire movement is inside the winding rotor - how crazy is that?

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Those look really cool. I like the first one alot but cant get my head around how it works

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Main dial: Minutes
Small upper dial: hours
Small lower dial: seconds

The point here being legibility by separation of the hands. There's a history to them, as regulator clocks were used as reference timekeepers in watchmakers workshops. From niche to extreme luxury, many brands embraced the style' exercise.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago

Definitely crazy mechanism, but I feel like seeing my hairy wrist through the dial would compromize aesthetics.