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The rest of the Archimede Pilot 42 GMT is standard fare, in terms of the case, handset, and dial.  Well, ok, the dial isn’t exactly the same as other Fliegers.  You do have the 24-hour track inside of the main hour indices (please note, all hands stretch to their appropriate track).  You also will notice that there’s a date window (color-matching for the win) showing up at the 6 o’clock position.  This is not totally uncommon on a Flieger, but it looks to be particularly well-executed here.

Often when we think of a wristwatch, we come at the concept with some rather preconceived notions of how the watch should function and how it will indicate the time. This is fine, because as a tool, we need to know how to rely on our watches to be used as designed with a minimum of fuss. As with any tool, however, there are ways to massage the standard format to take things in more unique directions. For watches, we see that quite a bit in the digital side, but nowhere near as much in the analog side of things. The latest entry into the genre of “analog time twisters” is from Bonhoff, known simply as the Bonhoff IP-3.0.