The German brand MeisterSinger occupies a strange niche in the current horological landscape. They have become known as a maker of single hand watches, which in the wide world of time telling formats, remains infrequently utilized. The reason for this, I think, is the necessary lack of focus on precision time telling. Think about alternative dial layouts and I think you?ll start to see what I mean. Regulators, digital watches, retrograde displays, and the like leave a simple three hand format behind and move toward something that you can at least make an argument is better at gauging the precise time than a standard display. But a one handed watch has no illusions that it?ll be the choice of those of us who are constantly refreshing time.gov to ascertain if our COSC chronometers are indeed still within proper spec. These watches demand a more relaxed approach to time telling, and in the current moment, where precision, legibility, and accuracy are buzzwords across the watch community, one handed watches simply don?t generate much attention.  It?s too bad, because at least when it comes to MeisterSinger, there are some interesting things happening in one handed watch design that should excite watch nerds who are interested in historical watchmaking. One handed watches themselves are very much an artifact of another era, and indeed draw on one of the earliest time telling devices as inspiration: the sundial. This type of minimal timekeeping was extended to 18th century cl...