Watch with 24 hour dial

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Okay, this is a tough one. I am looking for a watch with a true 24-hour dial. By that I mean that the hour hand goes around once per day.

I also need 12 noon to be on the TOP of the dial (There are plenty with 00 at the top). So far I have only found two in the US:

aaa watch:
http://www.aaawatchclub.com/24_hour_dial.html#1003b24gb12t

YES watch (too expensive):
http://www.acespilotshop.com/pilot-supplies/watches/yes-about.htm

NOT sold in US?
Hummel:
http://www.mdmarketing.de/shop/pd908704555.htm?categoryId=63


Does anyone have recommendations?
 
pcnorton said:
http://www.glycine-watch.ch/e/index.e.jsp


Glycine. they have one.

Paul
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Yes, those are beauties, and are probably every bit worth the price (400.00). The YES watch I linked to is in the same price category. However, I am looking for something more affordable and less impressive. I just need a 24hr dial with noon up.

Is the first one I linked to (aaa) the only US sold option under 200.00??
 
Is there an affordable 12 hour watch with a twenty-four hour hand and a movable twenty-four hour bezel that could be moved to the "upside-down" position?
 
I love it!!!! Never seen a watch where the hour hand was on a 24 hour rotation before......very nice!!
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Is there an affordable 12 hour watch with a twenty-four hour hand and a movable twenty-four hour bezel that could be moved to the "upside-down" position?
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Yes. Some have numbers facing inward-only or outward-only. One could easily wear them upside-down, and even switch the band around. The only caveat would be that the crown would be on the wrong side - that's not too serious.

However, if you flip it over, the hour hand will necessarily be off by 30 minutes if it is mechanically connected to the minute hand. Switching noon to the top is fine, but you still want minutes to be zero at the top for noon at the same time the hour hand is at the top.

For instance, if a 00 on top watch reads midnight, the minute hand and hour hand are in exactly the same place.

If you flip it over, you need to denote midnight by having the hour and minute hands exactly opposite. BUT that won't happen because when the minute hand is at the top (0 minutes) the hour hand will point halfway between 00 and 01 hours, or halfway between 23 and 00.
If you could somehow take apart the watch and rotate the mechanism by 7.5 degrees, you'd be all set.
 
MelancholyMutt said:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/5944/
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Already saw that one. Has 24 at the top, and if flipped, the hour hand would be half-an-hour off, as I explained above, and the numbers would be upside-down.
Thanks though.

Here's one that you could flip to have 12 noon on top. The numbers are all-in and the bezel rotates. So you would only have the problem with the hour hand being 7.5 degrees off.
http://market.menatep.spb.ru/cgi-bin/torus.storefront/655167963/Product/View/wvu006BR

I guess what i'm looking for is either rare or expensive, or both.
 
Is there a special reason why you need this watch? Basically you are looking for a watch that displays "military time" but with a classic design? :confused:
 
Yojimbo-girl said:
Is there a special reason why you need this watch? Basically you are looking for a watch that displays "military time" but with a classic design? :confused:
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I guess 'military time' if you want to call it that, is standardized as midnight (00:00) up. Real time is 24 hours, regardless if it's 'military time' or not.

If you want to know what time it is am/pm is fine, and we are used to it. If you need to enter time or program, or figure out time somewhere else on the Earth, am/pm is simply annoying.

I prefer 24 hour time, and I also like the idea of high noon on top, where the sun generally is at noon. I agree that it's not a very popular way to reference time (because hardly anyone makes watches like that), but that's part of the appeal also.

Besides, if the battery (or spring) runs out, I only want it to be right 'once' a day! ;)
 
I used to be at Timezone and Broadarrow way back during their first few years and the 24 hour dial always comes to these results...
They're too hard to read in low light conditions or while performing attention demanding tasks. Also, we're so accustomed to reading the 12 hour dial that unless you take a very long and careful look at it, you're almost always going to read it incorrectly. You can train yourself to read it correctly, but then if you look at any other clock, you're gonna read that one incorrectly. Almost everyone I know who has bought one keeps theirs in a drawer somewhere or has sold it (although no one really wants to buy one).
 
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Fortis Flieger Automatic 24 Hour . Those are list prices on Princeton Watches' website. If you contact them via phone or email, they'll quote you their discount price.
 
MelancholyMutt said:
I used to be at Timezone and Broadarrow way back during their first few years and the 24 hour dial always comes to these results...
They're too hard to read in low light conditions or while performing attention demanding tasks. Also, we're so accustomed to reading the 12 hour dial that unless you take a very long and careful look at it, you're almost always going to read it incorrectly. You can train yourself to read it correctly, but then if you look at any other clock, you're gonna read that one incorrectly. Almost everyone I know who has bought one keeps theirs in a drawer somewhere or has sold it (although no one really wants to buy one).
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Which is precisely why I don't want to spend a lot. The novelty-effect is the appeal, but I refuse to shell out hundreds of dollars just to try one.

Anyway.. I think I'm giving up my search, I've only found two that are inexpensive and I don't care for the way they look :o
 
Ok, iyt may not be at all what you're looking for, but I wear a watch every day by kenneth cole that has a smaller, secondary dial with one hand that's 24 hours. I like it, and it wasn't 400 bucks.
 
Hi All-

I was going to suggest the FORTIS model as well. My suggestion is to ditch the idea. If you're running to catch a flight or a train you'll waste valuable seconds sitting there trying to "convert" the time to regular AM/PM format.

The markers will be at completely different positions than what is expected on a normal-faced watch. This arrangement might make sense for astronauts or pilots who frequently cross multiple timezones...but I fail to see the utility for regular folks who want to stay on time for mundane appointments.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
So there isn't a single person here that uses a 24 hour watch?

I was hoping that someone here would be weird enough to own/use one. I guess that says something about how useful they are.

Maybe a dual 12/24 is the way to go? Anyone have one of those? i.e. 12 and 24 on the same dial with separate hands?
 
Klattman,

People are "trying" to help (and have a discussion at the same time)...no need for so much sarcasm. :(
 
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