Retro Watch Designs That Need to Make a Comeback

This design encloses two registers on a chronograph in a single elliptical shape that contrasts with the primary dial color. The one that jumps out of my mind is the Breitling Datora 2031, but given the remarkable variety of vintage surfboard watches, like the Nivada pictured here, you would think that every watchmaker in the late 60s and early 70s tried this at least once. I do not understand why there are so few new ones today. Rec Watches used this design on their Mark I, as did Moto Koure on their MK1 (I'm sensing a theme here), but I am hard pressed to come up with a third.

I'd jump all over an affordable, mid-sized surfboard chronograph. The Seiko VK64 MechaQuartz or NE88 would be natural choices for the traditional horizontal motif, and a movement with registers at 12 and 6 o'clock like the Ronda 3520.D could make for even more distinctive, vertically oriented shape. 

Concave Bezels

This one is simple: instead of the bezel being higher at its inner edge, it is highest at its outer edge so the insert is angled inward towards the dial, similar to an internal bezel. I have no idea what, if any, purpose this serves. Likely none whatsoever but I don't care, it looks cool. 

Trintec used a concave bezel to dramatic effect on the massive Zulu-07 Pro. I'd like to see someone try it with a smaller case. For example, on this 1970's cushion case Tyrrell the bezel appears to sink into the surface as it accentuates the high domed crystal. Lovely. More of this please.

TV Dials

I recently posted a question about TV dial watches on a forum and was stunned to discover that some folks didn't understand the reference - not because they had never seen that kind of watch, but because they had never seen an old cathode tube television. Yes, something I had once regarded as a common modern appliance is now as relevant as a butter churn. So for all you Millenials, let me tell you that back in my day, televisions were not long, flat rectangles mounted on walls but squat boxes with convex screens bulging from their faces. What can I say? We were primitive then.

In the watch world, TV dials are fat ovals or rectangles with curved sides. Many were in square cases but my favorites were barrel shaped, creating a pronounced contrast between the thick, oblong case and the comparatively narrow dial. The Memostar Alarm is one of the best-known examples but there were dozens of others out there.

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