Five Handed

I have always been a huge fan of Alfred Dunhill. They make the Best suits and men's accessories and besides they epitomise British Heritage and sophistication in a really cool, classy, non offensive way without being arrogant. One of the real dilemmas the watch industry is facing today is that we are starting to see more brands that aren't watch brands starting to make watches, and in my opinion they should just stick to what they know best, but in this case its a rare exception!

There is a convenience factor in doing one stop shopping. Lets be honest if your a guy who wants to buy the finer things in life to make yourself look good, for most of us we have no frigging clue where to even start from. The Dunhill boutique is the answer to your prayers, I will never forget, it was two years ago now and I was in one of the Dunhill boutiques around the world which by the way is like an old men's club, its fantastic! I went in to buy a suit because their sale was going on and low and behold I got the suit and even a pair of the nicest hand made shoes,but at the same time as I was leaving I was looking at their watches amd I fell in love with the most amazing watch.

The Dunhill A-Centric Pentagraph is this incredible stainless steel self-winding watch which has a total of five watch hands displaying hours, minutes, seconds, date and GMT function. The best part or this watch Even though this timpepiece has 5 hands and outer rings for the various functions on the watch its very clean,understated and easy to read unlike most watches with multiple hands and different functions are very confusing and can drive you clincally insane to understand what's going on, and despite the fact the watch is 42 mm and is on the smaller side for me I had to have it and bought it! This was modern elegance at it's finest hour.

The diplacement of the functions is very cleverly laid out, where there is a center circle displaying the time in black with lumincent arabic numerals and luminicent art deco hands for incredibly bold contrast ensuring legibility. This is cirlcled by a thinner outter black ring with all thirty one numerals written in red for the date as well as a red arrow pointer for the date indicator. The Final outter ring is black with military time laid out in blue numbers with a blue GMT arrow indicator for the second time zone. The watch is completed with a very supple black calf strap with a stainless steel modern D deployment buckle for perserving wearibilty and comfort.

Even though Dunhill is a British brand with incredible tradition that is known for the best in Menswear and accesories, the Pentagraph though only availabe exclusivily in Dunhill Boutiques is the first watch to be five handed.

pic courtesy of www.dunhill.com