As much as I?m drawn to strange, unusual watches that break with tradition, I have to admit that sometimes I feel like there?s nothing better than a watch that?s simple, elegant, and quietly unassuming. I wrote about a watch like that from my own collection earlier this year, and I really think that everyone should have a watch at their disposal that is just a watch, and not something that has been conceived and designed for a task other than telling the time and serving as a neutral complement to whatever it is you might be wearing or doing on a particular day. The newest watches from Junghans, those that make up the Meister Automatic collection, are definitely in that vein. Inspired by the designs of the 1950s, these watches have an understated elegance that?s really appealing. While it would be easy to slot these into a ?dress watch? segment based on today?s trends, I think they?re actually part of an ?everyday watch? tradition that that had its heyday in the middle portion of the last century, when what we think of today as classic good looks in a timepiece were solidified in our cultural memory. 
Junghans is a brand that we?re pretty big fans of at Worn & Wound, and while the Max Bill lines tend to get the most attention, watch fans shouldn?t sleep on the Meister watches. ?Meister? is German for ?masterpiece,? and according to Junghans these watches represent that pinnacle of their design and technical prowess. At first glance, the new Meister Automatics...