Horological Meandering

a sub seconds hand, other than asthetics? see no real purpose other than to see if the watch is running at a glance. Too small to actually time anything, accurately anyway. However it does fill space on a dial, some like that and some don't. I would not l... 

Nowadays, a small or sub-seconds hand functions as 1. way to tell a short interval of time 2. indication that the watch is running 3. a "cheaper" way to indicate seconds than a center hand 4. an aesthetic element on the dial 5. a link to traditional clock...  

Great reply btw. Cheers D

A nod into the past, as central second was introduced if I recall (please do correct me if I was wrong) in the mid 30-40es while during that time I think it was the golden ages of watchmaking in general I guess, and most of them used subsecond. And as the... 

We take it for granted now, but it hasn't always been the case that manufacturers could easily drill out the center and slip another shaft up there. And with small seconds you can make a thinner watch, because the three hands don't have to be stacked in t...  

I thought that because of manufacturing another new parts to the movement and modifying things and the likes cost pretty sum for the company. But now I wonder why aside from the manual wind watches, the subsecond on automatic watches are pretty expensive ... 

I have a few two handers and it does bother be a bit.

Sometimes, I need to do something for 30 seconds and this little hand does the job. What?

It's pretty and classy ultra thin watch (6.5mm thick) But then somehow it's pretty boring as well.... ...  

I don’t need to see the exact seconds. I only need to see when it passes the 60/ 0 seconds mark for calibration.

First, I am not watchmaker or movment expert. What I do recall from my work with my Father is that the "Cannon Pinion" (if I recall the term) needs another barrel or sleeve to extend upward for the central seconds. Many sub-second dials/hands are kind of ...