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 Introduced by Meistersinger last April, the Bell Hora was received enthusiastically as it made a sophisticated complication like the “Sonnerie au passage” accessible to many. In fact, it was launched with the slogan: "the hour strikes for everyone". Exactly on the hour, the watch produces a friendly chime, fake uhren alerting the wearer that a new hour has just begun without having to look at the dial.  The pusher at 2 o'clock makes it possible to disable the chime so that no sound will be produced when the wearer asks for silence. A black marking shows at a glance whether the watch is going to chime on the hour or remain silent. Just like the majority of models from the the German watchmaker, the Bell Hora indicates the time using just one hand: the needle-sharp hand sweeps over the 12 hours divided by 144 markers, each representing 5 minutes.  Designed in the style of old pocket watches, the new Bell Hora Anniversary Edition comes in a 43 mm stainless steel case that ...

 Consider, for a moment, the dial of a Rolex GMT-Master. A blue and red bezel emblazoned with numbers hugs its face. From the center of the dial, four uniquely shaped hands stretch outward. In the place of numerals is a series of gleaming shapes: A rectangle, circle, and triangle. The watch is far from spare – the opposite, really. And yet, you could argue that the GMT is minimalist in its own totally not-minimalist way. Admittedly, it's a bit of a contradiction: The GMT's dial is filled with stuff, but it was a remarkably efficient design when first produced. Rolex created the GMT in 1955 for Pan American Airline pilots who regularly shifted between time zones. replika órák The pilots needed a workhorse of a watch that could tell the time in two different places, while keeping track of the date and whether it was day or night. The dial's resultant visual complexity was directly related to its functionality. At the time it was designed, the GMT was as minimal as it could b...