Botta-Design | One hand watch UNO Automatic

UNO Automatic

The original - onehand watch since 1985.

The UNO Automatic is the highest evolutionary stage of the UNO one-hand watch developed by Klaus Botta in 1985. Even for this top-of-the-range model the following simple philosophy applies: “Things become clearer when you reduce them to their bare essentials.” This is why the UNO Automatic makes do with just one hand, the hour hand. Just like the hour hand in a conventional watch, this completes one full rotation every twelve hours.

The UNO Automatic is assembled by hand in traditional workshops in the Black Forest. In a process lasting seven days, the precision of the high-quality Swiss-made ETA movement 2824-2 is optimized by means of manual adjustment. Only then is the UNO Automatic released for shipment.

The elaborate dial which is made of stainless steel and features an angled scale ring ensures very good readability due to the fact that the scaling is brought close to the specially developed hand. This minimizes the risk of telling the wrong time due to parallax effects.

The way the hand is joined to the movement is also unusual – the centre of the hand is a closed cylinder that completely covers the otherwise open movement.

Its high technical and design standards and the fact that it is a quality product made in Germany make this watch stand out among mechanical wristwatches.