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Meistersinger has become known for its single-hand watches, but never before has the company—nor any other company—created one like this. The first-ever single-hand watch with a second time zone, the Adhaesio allows you to track two time zones at a glance Read More
RayFYou get one hand and two rotating disks, so it's a deal! But just one hand is enough for the time. It's easier to read than a two handed watch, when you think about it, from the perspective of a kid learning to tell time at least. The hand in the photo shows about 10:05. The ticks are for five minutes. If it's between ticks, it's, for instance about 10:05 or 10:09 if near the ticks, 10:06 or 10:08 if not centered but not near the ticks, and about 10:07 if centered between the ticks. The Mühle Glashutte einzeiger has double chapter rings, one like this one and and outside one giving ten- and two-minute ticks, but I don't think you really need that.
Einzeigers are called "slow time" watches or watches for people who don't need the exact time. But in reality what do you ever do where you need to know plus or minus five seconds the time rather than plus or minus one minute? I show up at piano lessons a few minutes early anyway. Who cares if it's three minutes or four minutes? Maybe for timing soft boiled eggs it's not ideal, but I have kitchen timers for that. But come to think of it, the kitchen timers are analog mechanical timers, so they are probably not much more accurate anyway, but I've been using them.
Are the purchase levels new? I didn't notice them until now, and I thought I looked. You only have 13 units, the price is $1,800, and you're going to refuse to sell if only one or two orders come in?
Edit: I've been agonizing over this nice watch, but it looks like the lack of interest by the community will end up making my decision for me, given the minimum order threshhold.
Nice watch. I don't know if I could handle a single hand though. I generally avoid watches with out second hands because it is easy to notice if the watch has stopped. It may be too stressful for me to wear this watch. Love the look and functionality. A bit pricey for a gimmicky watch though.
I see what you mean. The description is wrong. I described how it works in another message. There is an animated video at YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqKKrIuCuvc
See from 00:15
However, this video is wrong in one detail, making me thing that it may be a computer animation where the animator didn't understand the watch and the company didn't notice the problem. As you can see, the date clicks over at 12:00 to the 27th. But the inner second time dial is moving clockwise. It should be moving counterclockwise at that same speed. At 10:00 on the primary, the second zone shows 04:00, at 11:00, 03:00, and at 12:00, 02:00. One zone is travelling forward in time, one backwards. But it's clear how it's supposed to work.
And another screwy animation. Notice the "misprint" on the GMT ring, where 2 o'clock appears twice, and there is no d o'clock. The movement of the rings here is completely crazy. From 00:12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4-WQjwnLE
Lug width of 20 mm is small for a 43 mm watch, but on the other hand I have some nice 20 mm straps due to auction-purchased older watches.
Is this a good price? ETA movement, but made ... In China? No made in Germany stated. Sapphire front and back.
Edit: Case back says Swiss Made. The standards recently changed, with Swiss final assembly now required. I wonder what the manufacturing date was.
The date is the date at the 12:00 red arrow, changing once every two hand rotations. The second time zone dial on the other hand rotates continuously, but slowly, at half the speed of the hand, because it's a 24 hour dial. The layered dimensionality is much more apparent in other photos that are not so front lit. The front sapphire crystal is domed.
Edit: Introduced Baselworld 2015.
Is the sweep hand seconds? If so, it seems really odd to have a second hand on a watch where the minutes can only be read to the nearest few...
Would be interesting if the sweep hand were minutes, like a regulator.
I don’t understand, then, the comment about only being able to tell the time “within a few minutes”... it’s easy to read accurately if that is a minute hand.
dkokennenIt's an einzeiger. It's a type of watch. If you're not interested in this category of watch, fine, but then why are you here in this thread? It's like complaining that a dress watch has no helium escape valve.
CloacaI am making a comment, same as you. Your comparison is nonsensical, and I am entitled to my opinion, as are you. Are these threads not a platform for open discussion of the particular item in question? Would you prefer no one comment unless they are in agreement with your position on the watch? Why do you care what I have posted if you believe it is irrelevant to the conversation in the first place? Have a nice day.