Horological Meandering

Hi all, After two topics based on the nicest rotors and lugs (links below), the time has come to talk about hands 👋... No! Watch hands 😁 Rotors: www.watchprosite.com / Lugs: www.watchprosite.com / If hands are almost essential to read the ...  

Great post Cheers D P.S. I really like the hands of Tzar

Tsar hands are not so bad true. 7 in total like the deadly sins and the number of different guillochés 😉 Best wishes Alkiro

and alarm Hope you'll bring it with you Cheers D

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Great illustrative post

What would be your favourite hands? (You can select what you want in this thread or not it's free 😁). Best wishes Alkiro

- Laurent Ferrier assegai hands (thanks for the credit) - Voutilainen "pomme" hands which obviously are close to the Breguet ones but not identical at all neither in the shape nor in the color (2 tones white blue for the KV vs one tone blue for Breguet) B...  

The LF hands are splendid and "close" to the leaf ones I love so much (typically the ones of the Moser Mayu for instance). They are both so sensual as I wrote. I'm less fan of the KV hands to be honest with you even if they have their own style which is p... 

... followed in my view by the Breguet hands. The VC Mercator hands stand out as well, as do almost all sets of hands you featured. The most spectacular ones (Parmigiani) are the only ones I actually dislike 😬😔 It's a wonderful topic, Alkiro! Thanks for b...  

The leaf Hentschel hands are really my taste. And when you know that they're blued I fall in love 😍 I'm with you about the Laurent Ferrier assegai hands. So gorgeous. Regarding Parmigiani Fleurier hands, I love them because they have an historical story a... 

Extra credit as they can be used as swords! ...  

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Imagine the sword on the far left for chrono hands?!!!

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....but l like these 2. Best, John. ...  

Regarding the Akkrivia hands, I can't tell you if I like them or not. They're disconcerting 🤔 Best wishes Alkiro

I'll ask him

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I don't know if you have the same feeling than me but the hands of your Blancpain make me think to a needle eye 😳 I don't know if that was the goal of Blancpain when they designed them. You know how much I love the snail "Mamma Mia" dial of your Breguet 😍... 

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vintage late 1930 - early 1940's radium lumed sword hands and matching lumes. Hands and index most often go in tandem... Best Z'

You're right when you say that hands and indexes have to be consistent together if we want to obtain a great harmony. So true! Thank you Z Best wishes Alkiro

Here a few of my other favorite ,,hands,, ...  

Very cool selection. To be honest with you, I thought to Urwerk but I didn't know if we could talk about hands 🤔 Like my AP Star Wheel, I think it's more satellites than hands. Anyway, that's interesting 😉 The CVDK hands could be a "Louis" style but I don...  

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Prob not best way to describe it - but always like the alarm hand on my Poljot Though to have a weakness for dauphine ones too Cheers JML ...  

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the blue hands on my IWC Portugese still do it for me every time. So simple but perfect for the dial and applied numbers etc ...  

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The hands should ideally be described as "dividers". Measuring the distance between two points on a chart is made easier with dividers. A technical drawing instrument used for inscribing circles and arcs and to measure distances. Mercator refers to a type... 

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Which represents Knights of St. John / Knights Hospitaller. Hehehehe conspiracy theory.

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GS hands. I love the contrast of finishes and the thickness. ...  

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They're beautiful and so practical. Very easy to read in all light

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We'll call them "Finnish" hands together 😁 Best wishes Alkiro

Hi Alkiro! I know, I'm repetitive, sorry... Here are the unique hands of my 349SPORT. But I'd like to mention also the three-dimensional hands used in many Chopard L.U.C references, as the Lunar One (picture below, taken from the internet). I find these s...  

Regarding the Chopard, I can't answer to your question but Melvyn could help you for sure. Best wishes Alkiro

And it depends so much on the watch. I definitely get weak kneed over the pomme hands on the Cartier 2396... At the same time the cathedral hands of the Montblanc 1858 Tachymeter are splendid, too... And at the same time I like the modernist appeal of the...  

I know that this Cartier Tortue haunts your dreams 😉 Best wishes Alkiro

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the Bradley time piece For people with limited vision ...  

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Indeed

The press-fit gold and steel rings and curved tips are my fav for sure.

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