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Good Design Award for TRES 24 from BOTTA
The TRES 24 by BOTTA convinces with an unconventional display principle paired with outstanding design quality. It has now received an award for this: The watch was awarded the Good Design Award 2020. Every year, the Chicago Athenaeum Design Museum honours high-quality product design with this internationally renowned award.
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Living between two time zones with GMT watches
In the past, a globally standardized time measurement as we know it today was not a matter of course. It was when people first used transportation for longer journeys that a universal reference time became necessary. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) watches have since standardized the time display worldwide.
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TRES 24 Automatic - as individual as time itself
The 24 hour watch TRES 24 Automatic is the right watch at any time. The pleasantly decelerated movement of its hands invites us to relax and enjoy moments to the full. Basically, its three-hand principle also allows precise reading of the time whenever necessary.
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The new TRES 24 Quartz 40 mm – 24 hours, 60 minutes and C seconds
We at BOTTA like to give time extraordinary, but always logical shapes. This is also true of the 24-hour watch TRES 24, with which time seems to pass only half as fast, because its dial shows the whole day at a glance in a generous manner - and yet is accurate to the minute.
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How to use your 24 hour one-hand wristwatch as a compass
Using an analog wristwatch as a compass is one of the basic survival techniques. With a 24 hour one-hand watch this skill is even easier to learn. This article will show you how to determine the cardinal points only relying on a watch and the sun.
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UNO 24 plus titan
The UNO 24-Plus models with a diameter of 45 mm now have a completely redesigned, unique titanium housing consisting of three parts.
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TRES 24 plus titan
For the second generation of the TRES 24, the dial has been significantly reworked. Instead of a second hand, it now has a second indicator.
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The BOTTA Quadrology
BOTTA stands for a conscious use of time whereby it focuses especially on the human being. Accordingly, you will find in our portfolio four categories with very different display principles – the BOTTA quadrology.
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How does a one-hand watch work?
Watch designer Klaus Botta explains how time can be read from the example of the UNO one-hand watch and the motivation behind it.