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Cogsworth
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Feb 6, 2015
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So the 24 hour hand rotates once every 24 hours...for the first half the day the shorter side of the hand points to 06:00-18:00 on the lower scale and for the other half of the day the long end points to 18:00-06:00 on the upper scale. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but technically speaking since this hand rotates in a conventional manner and doesn't "jump" back to the beginning of the scale this is not actually a retrograde movement and probably shouldn't be advertised as one. A true retrograde hand advances to the end of the scale then snaps back and starts over. Might be a bit confusing.
deadlycheese
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Feb 6, 2015
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CogsworthAgreed. The watch may be a good deal at this price, but actual retrograde is a complication that you don't see at this price point.
Has someone linked a manufacturer page that enumerates the complications? They should be accurately described there.
Has someone linked a manufacturer page that enumerates the complications? They should be accurately described there.
ChristopherJ
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Feb 6, 2015
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Cogsworth@deadlycheese Thanks for bringing this up. You're completely correct in saying that this isn't a retrograde in the traditional technical sense because the 24-hour function is not a linear complication.
However, this watch is still a retrograde from a design approach. The information is displayed in an arc and not in in a circle. When the hands get to the end of arc, they begin again at the beginning of the arc.
I'm wearing a Seiko SRN049 and I consider both of these watches to be retrogrades depending on which approach you take:
However, this watch is still a retrograde from a design approach. The information is displayed in an arc and not in in a circle. When the hands get to the end of arc, they begin again at the beginning of the arc.
I'm wearing a Seiko SRN049 and I consider both of these watches to be retrogrades depending on which approach you take:
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