Four new Junghans Max Bill watches emphasize their core minimalist tenets thanks to a sharp black-and-white color scheme, a fine numeral font and thin, darkened hands.
Germany-based Junghans, which has long associated itself with the Bauhaus less-is-more ethos, has placed a matte white dial within a darkened PVD-coated steel case on each of the watches.
One, the well-known Max Bill Chronoscope, is a 40mm automatic chronograph. Two additional models include a 38mm automatic three-hand watch and a 34mm automatic watch. Junghans is also offering the 38mm model with a quartz movement. All four sport a date indicator and are fitted with a grey calf leather strap with matching PVD-coated buckle. The Chronoscope includes a day-date indicator.
With the black and white contrast, the Chronoscope, a longtime a favorite dress chronograph here at iW, is even more instantly readable than we’ve seen in prior incarnations. The watch’s minimalistic style in fact enhances its basic time-display function, which doesn’t always happen with design-focused dials.
Likewise, the smaller, time-only models confer the same unfussy attitude, while also offering not a single distraction—unless you count the handsome domed hard-Plexiglas crystal, which I find myself admiring (and touching) far too often whenever I wear my own Max Bill Chronoscope.
Junghans wisely enhances the visibility of time, and the usefulness of the black-white color contrasts, with a generous daubing of SuperLuminova of both dial (on the black font) and on all the hands. Prices: $2,095 (Chronoscope), $1,195 (Automatic), $1,095 Small automatic) and $625 (38mm quartz)
Specifications:
Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope
Movement: Self-winding ETA 7750 -based movement J880.2 with a power reserve of up to 48 hours, Date. Chronoscope: Second stop, 30-minute and 12-hour counter
Case: 40mm by 14.4m stainless steel anthracite matte PVD-coated, domed hard Plexiglas with coating for enhanced scratch resistance, screwed case back. Water resistance to 30 meters.
Dial: Matt white, dial printing with black, environmentally-friendly
Superluminova. Hands: Black silk matte with grey Superluminova
Strap: Calf leather with anthracite matte, PVD-coated buckle
Specifications:
Junghans Max Bill Automatic and Small Automatic
Movement: Self-winding ETA-based movement J800.1 with a power reserve of up to 42 hours, date
Case: 38mm or 34mm by 10mm stainless steel anthracite matte PVD-coated, domed hard Plexiglas crystal with coating for enhanced scratch resistance, screwed case back. Water resistance to 30 meters. (Quartz model is 7.9mm in height)
Dial: Matte white, dial printing with black, environmentally-friendly
Superluminova. Hands: Black silk matte with grey Superluminova
Strap: Calf leather strap with anthracite matt, PVD-coated buckle
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