You just gotta love Ochs & Junior, the company that makes complications brilliantly simple, yet still challenges you to engage your brain when answering the fundamental question of what day it is. For the uninitiated, master watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin re-engineered the standard date readout by throwing out the traditional alphanumeric date disc entirely, replacing it with a deceptively simple analog system.Instead of numerals in a window, a single curved dash printed on a disc rotates beneath the dial, revealing itself through a precise spiral of 31 perforations around the perimeter. R
eading the date quickly becomes second nature once you grasp the mathematical synergy of the layout, where the 10-minute markers double as 5-day reference points.For example, the marker indicating 30 minutes effortlessly guides your eye to the 15th day of the month, while the holes themselves are strategically spaced at two-minute intervals to map out even minutes and leave the adjoining spaces to denote the odd ones.
Beneath the logo-free purple dial with multi-colored hands beats an automatic winding ETA 2824 which beats at 4Hz and carries a powe reserve of 42 hours. Oechslin’s philosophy of "maximum function with minimal means" means there are no complex levers, springs, or delicate assemblies to break down; the entire system relies on tight tolerances and pure mechanical geometry. The titanium case is lightweight and is fit with a curved caseback to perfectly hug your wrist. When you factor this in with the tiny lugs you have a watch that wears like a 40mm.
The titanium case measures 42mm x 10.4mm x and 42mm lug-to-lug Furnished on a super snazzy padded purple stingray strap with a stainless steel pin buckle. Also included is an OEM black calfskin strap with Ochs und Junior titanium clasp.
