A WATCH HANDS ARE THE REASON WHY WE LOOK TO OUR WATCH
In watchmaking one key component are the hands of a watch. Without them you cannot see time. They have the function of transmitting the time indication from the movement to the dial in which you have the time marks. Or then it means you have a digital display. And do you know why they turn right around the dial (and not left)? This is because of the first solar clocks. The shadow projected on the clock dial would follow the sun position and so would turn around to the right side. Probably by tradition and habit, the first watchmakers kept it in this way.
In general you can find watches with 2 hands (hours and minutes) and if it is a chronograph, you can have a third hand for the seconds. These are the classical way to display time on a dial. Of course, watchmakers have often an imagination without many borders, so sometimes they like to surprise us by literally changing the way we do things. And that is why they invented the single-hand watch.
SINGLE-HAND WATCHES, PURITY AT THE STATE OF ART
Watchmaking is an art that a few come to master at levels of excellence. With the single-hand watches, it is a different story about time. The approach is minimalist and pure. Few elements are present on the dial as instead of having 2 or 3 hands, you only have one. The single hand displays time minute after minute through a 24 hours revolution. Surprisingly, it works pretty well. This specificity brings to the watch an amazing and elegant look. There are brands that adapt existing ETA movements. Of course this reduces the price of the watch, despite the fact you still get a mechanical watch. The complexity of this operation, as ETA does not produce any “single-hand movement” is that you need to hide often the minutes and sometimes seconds wheels under the dial by adapting the hole for the hands. Then you need to find a longer hand that covers the distance between the center of the watch up to the dial limits. In deed this length is necessary for the time reading precision. Several watches are built in this sense which means you can have a very original watch for less than $3’000.
Then you have high-end watchmakers that build the entire watch around the single-hand concept. The movement is adapted from construction. The time wheels and canon are often modified to achieve perfection. The single-hand movement requires a new balance in order to keep precision and longterm reliability. Of course, this also means that the price of the watch is also going to be higher. In order to explore more in details, here is our selection of single-hand watches, different price range, different brands but one thing in common: essential elegance.
TOP 6 SINGLE-HAND OR ONE-HAND WATCHES
UNO ALPIN AND UNO CARBON
Klaus Botta designed the Uno Watch in 1986. He is considered by many as the inventor of the one-hand watch ot at least on the basis of the construction of it. It is one of the affordable mechanical single-hand watches in the market with a recommended retail price under $700. It became a classic not only in terms of longlasting but also in terms of design and elegance. Today you can find 2 variations, one called Alpin and the other Carbon. Inside you will find a ETA 2824-2 movement individually adjusted by hand.
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