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Demystifying the Mystery Dial
There are some seriously cool and unobtainable watches in this article:
https://timeandtidewatches.com/demystif ... tery-dial/
While Cartier’s Model A clocks riffed off Robert-Houdin’s ideas, placing the hands on transparent discs, it was the 1940s that popularised the mystery dial idea in watches. Most widely known were examples from Longines and LeCoultre, with markers seemingly floating above a blank backdrop, or a single hour index traversing the dial, accompanied by a traditional minute hand.
https://timeandtidewatches.com/demystif ... tery-dial/
While Cartier’s Model A clocks riffed off Robert-Houdin’s ideas, placing the hands on transparent discs, it was the 1940s that popularised the mystery dial idea in watches. Most widely known were examples from Longines and LeCoultre, with markers seemingly floating above a blank backdrop, or a single hour index traversing the dial, accompanied by a traditional minute hand.
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