Your thoughts on 2 hands watch?

Personally I want a seconds hand. Would not buy a two-hander

Classic dress watches were often 2 handers. While they may be more aesthetically pleasing, I personally like having a seconds hand primarily so that I know the watch is working. I also enjoy watching the smooth sweep of the seconds hand, however the two watches in my collection with the smoothest sweep are both battery powered - an Omega f300Hx electronic watch (predates quartz), and a Buluva Precisionist 262KHz quartz. 

Love a second hand. My GS is awesome . I also love a good high beat and of course Rolex BUT if ther is a cool watch withou it I'm in. I buy what looks good to me . It's my money on my wrist. If somethin catches my eye without a second hand I will buy it. Confusing answer I know  😕 

I’m fine with no seconds hand on dress watches, and particularly on quartz dress watches.

Absolutely I would. I very rarely (never) need you know it's 12:31:17. 

Personally, I love an ultra thin two-hand, dress watch. To me, that is the most elegant and purist expression of a fine, mechanical timepiece. 

Removing the seconds hand also helps to keep a movement, and as a consequence the case, slimmer. 

I prefer a second hand, if nothing else, to let me know that my winding has a purpose.

Love a classy two-hander!

Very beautiful watch!

You're right, sweeping second hand does look very pleasing but I also enjoy a sub second dial very much. That being said, I believe some watches do look nice without the second hand. Especially vintage timepieces like Universal Geneve White Shadow watches and then some of Hamilton's American Classic intramatics or Breguet Classique 5157.

Heck, I even love Meistersinger's single handers!

The 2813 movements i got have odd second pins at .16mm

therefore i had to make them without those hands. I don't mind it now.

On the down side one of them has a slipping click. Time for a couple tear downs but i expected that from cheap chinese movements. Practice movements for cheap.

In general, I like having a seconds hand, but a seconds hand would ruin this one. 

Did someone say Universal Geneve? 😎

While I’m actually buying an overall design, meaning I’m good with anything as long as the package is well executed, if you back me into a corner I will admit that for me, anything quartz is best with a small seconds hand, then no seconds hand, and my last choice is central hand ticking away once per second.

Bit of an oddity but this one has no running seconds hand tethered to time, only a chronograph seconds hand. I was honestly a bit disappointed when I got it, but on reflection I personally think it adds to the more elegant design.

Never owned a two hander, but the one rectangular I considered a while ago was a 2-hand quartz. But I must admit that I find the sound and look of a quartz second hand(that hits the goddamn markers) more calming than a mech-sweep. Seem like the quartz is taking it's time while the mech is kinda running 🤔 And the distant quartz ticking is like a relaxed pulse ♥️ 

I don’t have one on my mécha quartz chrono. Fine with it. Because it’s a chrono so if I need to time something I can. But personally all my other watches have seconds hands because I do a lot of things that I track by the second, I work in animation so I use my watches to roughly act out a motion, or when I’m cooking, making sure my daughter is brushing her teeth for at least 2 min, or rest intervals/stretching at gym, running Intervals While jogging, taking my pulse. 

I would personally avoid two handers, especially on a manual wind.  I like having the sweep seconds, even if it's just there to let me know everything is running and hasn't stopped.

but then I forgot when I borrowed my friends one handed Meistersinger....

I truly don't understand the second hand sweep fetish. The use of the third hand as an indicator of operation makes some sense, but it's more than offset by the fact that one need not worry about the accuracy of the second hand whatsoever.

And of course the two hands are indeed most elegant. The need for a seconds hand is very rare, and all the more so for a dressy watch that wouldn't be worn while timing drying krazy glue or whatever one would use the feature for.

I like my watches to have a seconds hand, whether that is a central or a small. Just quickly tells me the watch is working when I look at the watch. 

That said, if a design is compelling enough without it (like with that Ming), I wouldn't let it be a deal breaker. 

I don’t have a watch that is a two-hander, but my Max Bill Chronoscope has no running second hand and it doesn’t bother me (though it is harder to set the time very accurately)

That's what I'm talking about. A beautiful vintage timepiece with just two hands!

I have the trick guys ! 

A small second at 6, a big Breguet style minutes hand and a jumping hour 😎

Absolutely ok with 2-hands watch. Love the Seiko Chariot Hi-beat, and the strap is awesome!

#seiko "Chariot" line, introduced in the 1970s, featured watches with unique rectangular cases and integrated bracelets.