Horological Meandering

This is certainly a topic for the detail obsessed - so I reckon it will fit right in. I remember reading a while ago about Grand Seiko having changed their policy on the smiley face of watches used for official photography from 10:08:42 to 10:08:43 or the...  

As I said it may well be what each brand sees as the most visually pleasing - and tastes differ, of course

KMII, Thank you for starting this topic. I think there are certain positions of hands that "evolved" because of the conventional locations of displays on our wristwatches. Generally, brand logos are at the top of the dial and date windows are at position ...  

Very well formulated explanations, too Have seen some variety in Chopard time setting - i.e. the 10:10:37 for instance- before but never such a complete insight. Thank you