Young German watch brand Defakto have launched a watch with only one hand.
Called Single Hand watches, the series is designed for people who are “not meticulous”.
Customers can print out a PDF of the watch from the company’s website if they want to try out wearing a paper version before committing.
Here’s some more information from Defakto:
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Defakto Single Hand Watches
Defakto is a young brand established at the beginning of the year 2009. We have made it our objektive to redefine the feeling of time by the creation of a mechanic single hand watch. Within this form the single hand principle is unique. We build place our confidence on understatement and stand for a new way of living in form of a relaxed feeling of time. Our central theme is to display time as simple as possible, but as exact as needed. Defakto builds watches for people with time whom are therefore not meticulous depended on knowing the exact time. We designed the watches for people which have achieved their own live´s rhythm in the fast moving time of today.
As the worlds first watchproducer we offer watches to print out. For this reason everyone can test the watch for free without any commitments.
42 mm watchcase
ETA 2824-2 mechanical movement
Luminous hand and dial
Sapphire crystal
Calfskin band
Waterresistant 50m
Made in Germany
December 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
so its a normal watch with just an hour hand? woop de doo and a pat on the back to all the clever guys who thought that was a ground breaking idea
December 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Oh I like the back!! How much is it retail at?
December 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
nonsense! what about:
a car with no wheels,
house with no bedrooms,
mobile phone with no connection,
specs with no lenses,
list could be infinite…go on pals add on…
December 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Am I taking crazy pills!? Why would anyone want this? On the plus side it looks nice and it’s nice to see the automatic movement a la Oris.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
is this available as an app for the i-phone. i love these crazy ideas, gets us through the recession. the cost of a smile is high………….
December 9th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Good marketing /product spin on being ‘not meticulous’ , ‘Late’ & ‘Unprecise’ with good esthetics to boot.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
How are you supposed to know when its “Chico Time”!?!?
December 9th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
brilliant idea !
the hour hand is just so long to be precise
you can read up to 5min precisely
who has to be more punctual than 5 or 7 min but a train driver ?
December 9th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
when designers do this it makes the rest of us look rather silly too. when will this torment end…………please stop. now. please.
December 9th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I want one!
December 9th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
To all the critics above: single-hand watches have been a part of the history of watchmaking. They are less confusing, somewhat intriguing, and can give you a readout down to ~5 minute accuracy. This particular design is almost an exact copy of Hilfiker’s dial, so it’s far from being a revelation.
It’s been proven that having a more accurate watch does not make a person more punctual.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
on top of the watch being only slightly functional…who is going to print out the pdf watch to test out? I guess instead of pretending to know what time it is with the real thing, one will just have the same time all day with their styling paper version…
December 9th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
€345 for the steel model, €425 for the black model, for those of you who are wondering. Amazing what people will pay just to be hip.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Am I taking crazy pills!? Why would anyone want this? On the plus side it looks nice and it’s nice to see the automatic movement a la Oris.
December 10th, 2009 at 8:40 am
strong and beautifully done > want one
December 10th, 2009 at 9:16 am
the back looks more interesting than the front
December 10th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I think each of the three fine lines between the long bold ones represent every 15 minutes of an hour. =/
December 11th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Hmm. I gave up wearing a watch years ago. It is a more minimalist way to achieve a casual relationship with time. Also, it gives me the occasional opportunity to engage strangers with precise time-telling equipment.
December 11th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I quite like this- shows that one hand can be read accurately. If it were a plastic 50 quid watch i’d buy one.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:17 am
这是个美丽的设计
December 13th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
How does dezeen constantly motivate sarcastic and unimaginative people to comment? It’s remarkable to see so many people who apparently have no willingness to use their imagination comment.
Regarding this watch with one hand, this is not even close to a new idea but the Defakto team has presented it in a convincing way for practical usage. It’s clear that the wearer will be able to define which quarter of the hour they’re playing with, while the watch is warmly honest about being unable to specify whether it’s wearer is looking at 7:29 or 7:30. However after getting acquainted with the face of this Defakto model it’s obvious that the wearer will in fact be able to determine if they’re two minutes early or late.
The responses to watch faces like this almost proves the relevance of those cliche watch industry slogans that remind us to believe each of us has a unique relationship with time. I guess we do.
December 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
So surprised that so many missed the advantage and concept of the watch. Too quick to judge? I Ditto Dino. Maybe a few people are revamping their comments after actually thinking about the design or reading some explanatory, positive comments.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Somebody wanted 4:20 to last for a lil bit longer…great
December 16th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Dude,
Where we are going there are no roads!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Thank you Dino and Brett for saying what was needed to be said about the tiresome sarcastic, kneejerk kind of comments that so often appear……
I’m not into really expensive watches at all, and whilst it might not be the first of its kind I do like this design for its look but more significantly for the way it is likely to subtlely shift the way you think about the passing of time during a day.
I’m fairly certain that this type of shift in the design ubiquitous objects like watches and clocks does have an effect on our perception as users…..even if it takes a bit of ‘time’ to instil that change.
December 18th, 2009 at 6:42 am
This watch will be a classic and also will appear in books… I want one.
December 19th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
“Sorry I am 15 minutes late!”