Driving gloves optional
By Sam Okafor, London ยท
Here's Junghans in a warmer mood. Where the Max Bill is a drawing, this is more like a piece of furniture from the same era: still modern, but with some softness in the curves and a bit of period detail on the dial.
37.7 mm and 9.4 mm thick, hand-wound with a 42-hour reserve, acrylic crystal, an open back, 19 mm lugs. The odd lug width is mildly annoying when you go looking for straps, but it's the right number for the case, so I'll let it go. The silver dial has a properly drawn minute track and the hands reach it cleanly, which is more than many retro-styled watches manage.
The catch is that it sits in an awkward spot. At 1,450 to 1,550 dollars it costs half again as much as the hand-wound Max Bill, and while it's a nicer object in the hand, the Max Bill is the better design. Buy this if you find Bauhaus severity a bit chilly.