Flipping the watch over, you are presented with something different. There’s a display window showing the rather undecorated 2824 inside, but to mix things up, it’s smokey grey. It’s a surprising detail that is hard to guess the exact reasoning for (if they didn’t want to show the 2824, there are simpler solutions), but I like it. It’s not a detail that would convince me to get the watch, but it helps distinguish it a bit.

The dial of the Form A is deceptively simple, with layers of subtly that reveal themselves with wear. At a glance, it might appear as just a white dial with various expected markings and a nicely executed date window. In reality… well, it’s those things, but done so with a lot of finesse! The dial isn’t white, it’s actually matte silver, so it has a slightly grey tinge to it and the occasionally cool feel of metal. It’s also not flat, but rather than the dome you’ll find on Meister and Max Bill watches, it’s slightly concave. This is hard to see as it’s delicate… It’s more that you can sense that it’s not quite flat, like standing in a room that angles slightly in one direction.

On the curved surface is a primary index of large arabic numerals in black, in a typeface that feels somewhat mid-century. Each is studded by a line that connects them to the outer minute/seconds index which features numerals at intervals of 5 and blind-debossed squares. This latter detail I really like as the markers are purely textural, catching the light in cool, dynamic ways. The numerals are then a tobacco brown tone, also an unexpected detail. It all comes together so nicely, showing off the expertise of their designers. The proportions, color choices, typefaces… it’s a graphic nerd’s watch, and what one should expect from the brand behind the Max Bill collection.

The date window is worthy of some special attention as well. Sure, it’s there, at three, right where you’d expect it. But rather than a blunt punch through the dial, they sort of carved it out, beveling the sides, creating a slope into the window. This goes a long way towards integrating the window into the dial, and simply making it interesting to look at. Lastly you’ll find thin tapering hour and minute hands and a stick seconds. My one point of criticism is that the hands feature lume, which just feels out of place. The dial has none, and so little is on the hands it’s basically useless. These hands as skeletons would have been spot on.