Borrowed Time: Hands-On with the MeisterSinger Astroscope
One would think that by 2020, the watch world had managed to yield up just about every type of calendar for the wrist ? from the utter simplicity of a date window to the complexity of a perpetual calendar, and from practical annual calendars to esoteric ?weekly? calendars like recent models from Blancpain and Patek Philippe. But leave it to MeisterSinger, the iconoclastic manufacturer from Münster, Germany, near the Dutch border, to come up with the quirkiest one yet. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Astroscope, an astronomically inspired day-and-date calendar timepiece with a special connection to the year 2020.
MeisterSinger Astroscope (Ref. AS902OR)
The Astroscope is a sequel of sorts to MeisterSinger?s first astronomical-themed watch, 2018?s Lunascope (reviewed here), which garnered loads of positive attention for its big, photorealistic moon-phase complication paired with the brand’s emblematic single hand and a sunburst blue dial. Like that watch, the Astroscope cleverly adds a complication to its unconventional hour-minute display without adding additional hands or subdials.
The white central hand and “Old Radium” numerals contrast nicely with the dial.
To start with the basics: Like most of MeisterSinger?s collection, the Astroscope employs an ultra-minimalist, single-handed timekeeping system: one large, gauge-type hand traversing a 12-hour dial, with markers between each numeral dividing each hour segment into 15-minute (and sm...
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