How Do You Prefer Hour, Minute & Second Hands Positioning on Dial?
Understanding this is relative to the individual, and design of the watch. This more less serves a particular personal criticism I struggle with, based solely on a 12 hour dial type. How do you prefer your hands as to length for hour, minute and seconds. Yes, this is therapy😊
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Gerry
Influenced by my Father and his banged up Timex Marlin with the aged yellow acrylic and Twisto-Flex band. I guess this makes me a minimalist. In memory of my dear Father my favorite watch is the Hamil...
Utah
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7.40” / 18.80 cm
I'm pretty tolerant unless they forget half of the hour hand.
Good question. If you have a quartz and it hits the markers just bang on then just touching or same length is excellent
I prefer an hour hand to just touch the hour indices and the minute & second hand to just touch the minute/second markers.
That said, none of this is a deal breaker for me. At least not yet
Good question. If you have a quartz and it hits the markers just bang on then just touching or same length is excellent
Great comment regarding quartz. It amazes me how many quartz manufacturers or QC overlook that second hand NOT STRIKING on the second tick😔
Great comment regarding quartz. It amazes me how many quartz manufacturers or QC overlook that second hand NOT STRIKING on the second tick😔
It really should be their party piece, not doing it shows lack of attention to a very important detail
I like roughly between A and B. In other words, best would be a few tenths of mm just before the markers
Small second
I like the hour hand to just touch the indices and the seconds and minutes hands to extend to the edge of the dial.
For me personally, I'm indifferent. It's all about the intended style of the designer(s) and engineer(s). Do the style of hands, dial and type of watch fit together in a cohesive package. Then it is not an issue either way.
All of these things are personal style preferences. There will never be a right or wrong answer. Which in and of itself is a good thing. Why should we be subject to a limited choice? So every watch must be limited to a rigid set of rules? Thankfully no, and I am grateful for it.
As I mentioned, can be relative to individual and design.