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[โ€“] 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

[โ€“] 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.