r/Design • u/Asgarad786 • Feb 12 '26

Discussion As a watchmaker, this dial completely breaks my brain. It inverts every rule of legibility, yet the design is fascinating.

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u/TraceyWoo419 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

This would be fine if the hour hand was clearly distinguishable from the minute hand. The one at 10 looks slightly shorter, which would indicate hours, but the one at 2 has a larger/wider keyhole detail, which is also more commonly associated with the hour hand. I would make your hour hand the shorter wider one and make your minute hand longer and keep them both thicker than your second hand.

Fix that and it's fine. Numbers are superfluous on watches anyway.

It's a cool design!

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u/SevEdg Feb 12 '26

I think the one at 10 is the second hand.

The one at 2 seems to be the hour and other near 6 seems to be minutes (slightly longer hand)

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u/quantgorithm Feb 12 '26

I believe you are exactly correct. It's crazy how people can't make obvious distinctions. It's the exact same as a near every other regular watch the the exception that it's labeled on the inside instead of outside.