Guaranteed to be a loss leader if they did

Jan 29, 2022,15:05 PM
 

I think the one-hand market is very very small, so why mess with building something (under the skin) which caters to it, when you can just "leave off" a few parts and get the same effect?


I've had a few, and they always annoyed me... or maybe bored me, is a better way to say it. 

Like this Schauer. Yawn. I liked the concept and the execution was very clean. Brown hand matched the numerals and track on the dial. But it was oh, so, boring. 


The Silberstein adds a titanium case, funny hour (and second hand) and the smileday feature which has made it my favorite "minute-hand-less" watch, and the only one I've kept long-term.



NON-mechanical: the YES watch was analog/digital and added daylight / sun-up/sun-down indication as well as moonphase. I had two of them, but the company didn't last long.


Cazalea


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Single Hand Timepieces

 
 By: enjoythemusic : January 29th, 2022-08:52
Has any modern high-end timepiece manufacturer created a purely mechanical movement with only that which is necessary for a single hand? ...  

Meistersinger

 
 By: Peevee57 : January 29th, 2022-10:33
My wife is wearing her Meistersinger Automatic today. Not haute horlogerie but a very cool and fun watch nevertheless ...  

I’m surprised moser hasn’t removed a minute hand yet

 
 By: dte2 : January 29th, 2022-10:37
Since you only really need an hour hand to approximate the time

Maybe Jaquet-Droz

 
 By: ifraher : January 29th, 2022-12:08
I recall a 24 hour dial with hands that operated together and separately as a GMT, and also a single hand 24 hour watch ...  

Not high-end,

 
 By: sc16 : January 29th, 2022-13:41
but always intrigued by Azimuth's back in time....single hand and counter clock-wise. There was also a Swatch I believe so. And a Swatch in which the hour and the minutes were displayed in 2 different watches (GZS10)... ...  

Guaranteed to be a loss leader if they did

 
 By: cazalea : January 29th, 2022-15:05
I think the one-hand market is very very small, so why mess with building something (under the skin) which caters to it, when you can just "leave off" a few parts and get the same effect? I've had a few, and they always annoyed me... or maybe bored me, is...  

AP Millenary Philosophique

 
 By: lavrentivs : January 29th, 2022-16:19
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I didn't know this one!

 
 By: amanico : January 29th, 2022-16:29

Damn!!

 
 By: WTWTStyle : April 29th, 2022-12:37
This is a one hand watch! I believe it has two hands for so many years.....

yes, fantastic one

 
 By: gael_bx : September 16th, 2022-11:55

PSM Shimoda. I wish that I have this one.

 
 By: hmd4m : June 6th, 2022-03:25
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