Unimatic is back with two new minimalist watches that borrow equally from traditional field watches and skin divers, the Modello Due U2-F and U2-FN. The Modello Due, you?ll recall from Sean Lorentzen?s hands on, is one of Unimatic?s most unique creations. For a brand that gets a lot of attention for their sterile and near-sterile dials, the almost avant-garde nature of the Modello Due case, with it?s case flanks that seem to turn away from the wrist and a tall profile, doesn?t often get the attention it deserves. Until today, the brand didn?t have a Modello Due cased watch in current production, so perhaps this release will shine a brighter light on the platform.  

The U2-F (in brushed stainless steel) and the U2-FN (in a black DLC coating) both feature Unimatic?s ?vintage military? dial in grey. The layout will be familiar to fans of Unimatic, and anyone with an affinity to military issued watches, or even classic sports watches of the past 60 years. Hour markers are a mix of geometric shapes, with rectangles at 3, 6, and 9, and a triangle at 12. Other hour markers are simple circles, all in a crisp, lumed white. A minute track surrounds the dial but is extremely subtle – the color here blends nicely into the grey, creating the uniform, almost flat look that Unimatic is so good at executing. 
Turning to the case, the dimensions and form factor of the U2-F and U2-FN are unusual and stray a bit from the overall traditional look and feel of Unimatics other...