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A sector dial is indeed for legibility / scientific purpose
On an original sector dial, you have 3 sectors : one for hours, one for minutes, one for seconds.
The respective hands must point accurately to each sector to ensure that when the eye needs to read one of the 3 indications for a specific purpose it can do so with the best efficiency (as a scientific or navigator, you can be focusing on the second, or the minute evolution, depending on the timing indication you need for a specific purpose)
In particular, a mjor failure is when the sector is interrupted by a disgracious window (eg date on Master date, or, worst, the geographic window on JLC master Geo which destroys 25% of the sector) that hampers the legibility (and is an aesthetic disgrace)
2017: The Year of the Sector Dial?
Seems several brands are coming out with sector dial watches this year. Like watches with blue dials were in 2016, could sector dials be the trend this year? JLC's trio of Master Control watches with these dials has been generally well received. Magnus ha...
All the watch I will ever need
Please sir, can I have some more? That is just beautiful! best E.
I hope it's the trend of 2017.
I would love to see Patek 5170A with sector dial... Best, Kari
Sector dial trendy, but none really good
I think Watch designers did not really understand sector dial concept and are trying to cash on what is going crazy on the vintage market side. Jaeger Lecoultre interpretation of the sector dial is a big failure in my opinion (those hands are poorly desig...
I'm still trying to digest the various novelties and gather my thoughts.
Thank you for sharing your points. Made me look at things differently.
Sector dial original purpose.
Many thanks for your post - would you mind elaborating on the original purpose of sector dials? I\'ve read differing origins from both a military and scientific purpose and would like to know more... Aesthetically I like sector dials and it\'d be great to...
A sector dial is indeed for legibility / scientific purpose
On an original sector dial, you have 3 sectors : one for hours, one for minutes, one for seconds. The respective hands must point accurately to each sector to ensure that when the eye needs to read one of the 3 indications for a specific purpose it can do...
It's certainly not a widespread trend -- they are still offered as niche lines ...
Interested to see better photos of the 3 JLCs as well as see in the metal but initial impressions are that it has quite a bit of charm, offered at a good size, and with a very strong value proposition.
