One dot is still enough
By Sam Okafor, London ยท
Nathan George Horwitt designed the Museum dial in 1947: no numerals, no markers, just a dot at 12 to stand for the sun at noon. The Museum of Modern Art added it to its collection in 1960, and nearly 80 years later it remains one of the purest ideas in watch design.
This version keeps it straight. A 40 mm steel case only 6.8 mm thin, a black dial, a Swiss quartz movement and a steel link bracelet. Water resistance is 30 m, so treat it as a dress watch.
The bracelet is the weak part. The links are generic and a little shiny for a design this calm. A black leather strap does it far more justice.
At $995 it's an affordable piece of design history. Put it on leather and it looks like the watch an architect would wear to an opening.