One of the coolest things to see in the watch world is when friends, colleagues, and people we?ve known in one way or another find each other and do something truly original and unique. That?s the thought running through my mind when I look at the new collaborative effort from Atom Moore and Equation of Time. Atom is a talented photographer and visual artist whose work you?ve certainly seen on Hodinkee, and elsewhere (he?s worked with brands like Grand Seiko, J.N. Shapiro, and others on various projects and campaigns). He?s known primarily for his macro photography, as well as his Mashup Watch Art, which consists of multiple watch photos edited together to create dynamic and unexpected visual effects. That?s the type of work that was the starting point for this collaboration with Equation of Time, which is the brainchild of Roland Murphy, the founder of RGM Watches. Equation of Time (EOT) actually started off as a watch forum, but has morphed into what you might call an RGM side-project, a brand unto itself that makes watches with the input of collectors with a heavy focus on vintage inspired designs. 
What EOT and Atom have come up with here, the Fat Arrow watch, is quite clever. The watch itself is a take on the classic ?Dirty Dozen? military watch used by the British military in the World War II era, with a dial lifted directly from a piece of Atom?s artwork. You might be familiar with the work in question, titled ?Fat Arrow,? that takes the iconic arrow indic...