Horological Meandering

jmpTT
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I see what you mean

The concentric layout of the dial is striking, particularly with addition of the outer index (compared to other models in the line).
From straight-on stock photos, it looks like the hour hand could be shortened a touch, such that the tip just touches the edge of the Arabics, rather than passing over them. The hour hand could also be fattened slightly to accentuate the difference. It's supposed that either change would lessen the aesthetic balance, but it isn't clear to me that this is the case.
Hand size is only a minor quibble with this watch, but there have been some recent watches releases with hands that don't reach the index tracks or similar. The Cle de Cartier is what comes to my mind. I'm trying to better understand the design process, to differentiate between watches where aesthetics determined the size of the hands vs. watches where hand sizes are haphazard.