Junghans Form A Stainless Steel 027/4731.00

Junghans brought the Form A to Baselworld 2017, the A standing for automatic. The case is a 39.1 mm steel bowl with short lugs, 9.5 mm thick. The slightly concave, matt silver-plated dial has recessed squared minute markers, a recessed date window at 3 o'clock and three central hands, with a thin line of lume on the hour and minute hands. A tinted sapphire caseback shows the J800.2, a self-winding ETA 2824 clone with a quick-set date and 38 hours of power reserve. Fratello found the design very similar to the brand's Max Bill watches.

The Form A references differ in hour markers and strap. The 027/4735.00 has the same Arabic numerals on blue calf; the 027/4730.00 (black calf) and 027/4734.00 (brown calf) swap the numerals for stick indices. The colour of the five-minute numerals on the outer track changes with the strap, and each strap closes with a steel pin buckle.