A tried and true tactic for appealing to high-end watch lovers today is for timepiece makers to show a little skin. Don’t be bashful, watches with nice things to show shouldn’t hide their sexiest parts, which is why you see so many skeletonized watches these days. I’ve written quite a bit about the variety of skeletonized watches and how various companies approach this design style in various ways. Let’s look at how Swiss Zeitwinkel does it with the Zeitwinkel 273° Saphir Fumé watch hands-on.
Our Patrick Kansa first debuted the Zeitwinkel 273° Saphir Fumé watch here earlier in 2015. After seeing the watch in the flesh, I can attest to its fascinating design, but it isn’t without its flaws, either. The issue with any type of “open” or “skeletonized” dial is that you can greatly impede legibility – this is the most serious risk of engaging in such a design endeavo.
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