There?s an idea I?ve been kicking around, and maybe it?s time to just commit and do it, that?s essentially a guide to the nerdiest watch nerd brands. I think most people reading this understand what that means (if you?re a nerd). There are certain brands that appeal to the hardcore among us in a way that more mainstream brands can?t. It might be because they?re incredibly small, and make only a handful of watches per year and get absolutely zero press. They might have a polarizing design language that only real watch people truly ?get.? Or, like ochs und junior, they might have an absolutely killer mechanical feature that nobody else can match. ochs und junior is, to me, the king of the watch nerd brands. Trust me when I say that I mean that as the highest possible compliment. Their latest release, an annual calendar with an impossibly clean design and an even more flabbergasting price point, absolutely keeps them at the top of the watch nerd heap. 
ochs und junior has had an annual calendar in their lineup for some time, but always as part of their fully customizable (and thus more expensive) product line. Over the last few years, the brand has greatly expanded their so-called ?ochs line? of pre-made watches that lack the full suite of custom options, but at a greatly reduced cost. The ?anno? in 42mm is the latest addition to the ochs line, and it represents one of the most complicated additions to the affordable lineup yet. 
?Complicated,? though, is a relativ...