Eight years after the first one-hand 24-hour watch was developed, Botta-Design is now bringing out a new, larger model. The first one-hand watch of the modern era, the UNO introduced a new and amazingly simple approach to displaying the time.
A day is divided into 24 hours, not twelve. Accordingly, a 24-hour display is in principle more consistent and logical than a twelve-hour one in which the hour hand has to complete two rotations each day.
The single hour hand charts the movement of the sun from the earth's perspective: at 12:00 pm it points to the dial's zenith, at 6:00 am it is to be found at the left-hand edge of the dial and at 6:00 pm at the right-hand edge. At night it points downwards. When it crosses the date line, the date also moves forward by one day.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in stainless steel or steel PVD, measures 45mm x 8.8mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss quartz Ronda caliber 515 made for 24 hour display of time.
The 24 hour dial can be had in grey or white with a single white or black hand.
It comes on a leather or rubber strap, or a steel bracelet.
MSRP is 498 Euros. It is delivered in an aluminium cylinder.
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