There’s More Than One Way a Watch Can Tell the Time, and This Is Possibly the Coolest

Wandering hour watches often look futuristic, but were first developed centuries ago.

Traditional, analog time telling is pretty practical and elegant, and there are seemingly endless ways of rendering hands that point to numbers around a dial. Maybe, though, you’ve seen enough traditional watch styles. Some watchmakers feel the same, and a wide range of modern brands offer watches with what might be termed “alternative time-telling displays” — but the idea is older than you might think.

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