If someone would ask me, "What watch has a movement, but tells no time?" I would say it would have to be the Haldimann Reduction H9 watch. Looking at the watch with its opaque scratch resistant sapphire crystal - to protect the "un-dial" perhaps - one may assume there is nothing beyond its blackened void, but bringing the un-watch up to ones ear and hearing the gentle ticking emanating from the case, assures us that there is more than meets the eye. The manually wound movement is actually a really nice functional hand engraved caliber H.Zen-1 sporting a triple barrel flying tourbillon The movement is of magnificent craftsmanship with no purpose.

But back to the practicality of the un-timepiece -
"How does one read this watch?" Well you don't - as I have explained it is an un-watch. So what exactly is its function? Hmm - It is a conversation piece - which can make you look pretty stupid when you glance at it and say, "Oh No its late - I'd better be going."
For 150,000 francs one purchases a 39mm or 42mm solid platinum case surrounding an exceptional caliber H.Zen-1 with triple barrel flying tourbillon shrouded in a completely opaque sapphire crystal.
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