Defakto is something of a sleeper in the niche of German watches. They make watches in a minimalist style that are somewhat similar to a more well known German brand that we cover here frequently, but have an even more arch sense of humor and sly approach to watch design as a whole. Their latest watch, an update to their Kinetic model, is very much in the same vein as the Transit (reviewed here) but with a few small twists. 

The Kinetic is really a watch for those of us who enjoy complex geometrical patterns. The dial design incorporates minute and hour markers that are precisely aligned to be enclosed entirely by the rectangular, skeletonized minute and hour hands as they pass over them. The minute and hour hands themselves are cut to ?fit? inside one another, like a Russian doll, as they pass over each other, minute hand inside of the hour hand, seconds hand (in red) inside of the minute hand. This kind of nesting of the hands and hour markers happens on a lot of watches, of course, and Instagram is filled with images of stacked handsets showing off the the unique visual patterns created at various times of day, but it?s rarely the starting point of the design conceit behind a watch as it is with the Kinetic, with such careful attention being paid to the relationship between hands and markers. 
The Kinetic 2.0, as it is known, is available in three case variants, all with the same black dial. The ?Standard? is the simple stainless steel variant, the ?Mo...