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Hey fellow Head-Fiers,
I'm looking for a specific watch and so naturally, I came to the all-knowledgeable Head-Fi for answers. I saw this one at the Vancouver Art Gallery a couple years ago, never bought it, and have regretted it since. Here is my description of what it looked like:
The watch didn't actually have moving hands, instead it had moving faces. There was a single line fixed in place at what would normally be the "6:00" position, that acted as the hours, minutes, and seconds hand.
The watch had three faces. The bottom face was the "seconds" face, numbered 1-60. This was the largest face.
Set on top of that face was the "minutes" face, also labelled 1-60. This was a medium face.
On the very top was the "hours" face, labeled 1-12. This face was the smallest.
All 3 of the faces would rotate, and you would read the time by looking at the line and seeing what number the face was at, ie. which hour, minute, and second that the line was currently at.
I recently saw that Nixon has a watch similar to this, but it was about $400. The one that I saw was closer to $150 or $200 max. I don't remember the brand name. I thought it might be an Allessi but couldn't find anything when I searched.
Does anyone know what this watch is called? have you seen anything like it? I really like this idea of moving faces and a fixed, single hand.
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for a specific watch and so naturally, I came to the all-knowledgeable Head-Fi for answers. I saw this one at the Vancouver Art Gallery a couple years ago, never bought it, and have regretted it since. Here is my description of what it looked like:
The watch didn't actually have moving hands, instead it had moving faces. There was a single line fixed in place at what would normally be the "6:00" position, that acted as the hours, minutes, and seconds hand.
The watch had three faces. The bottom face was the "seconds" face, numbered 1-60. This was the largest face.
Set on top of that face was the "minutes" face, also labelled 1-60. This was a medium face.
On the very top was the "hours" face, labeled 1-12. This face was the smallest.
All 3 of the faces would rotate, and you would read the time by looking at the line and seeing what number the face was at, ie. which hour, minute, and second that the line was currently at.
I recently saw that Nixon has a watch similar to this, but it was about $400. The one that I saw was closer to $150 or $200 max. I don't remember the brand name. I thought it might be an Allessi but couldn't find anything when I searched.
Does anyone know what this watch is called? have you seen anything like it? I really like this idea of moving faces and a fixed, single hand.
Thanks in advance.
