Maybe I am wrong but The Dinks latest offering is not one with what I would call cathedral hands? https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/1950s-lemania-chronograph I'd rather call those dagger hands? This style of hands would be "cathedral styled" IMO. Please correct me if I'm wrong. They do also state that the case has been polished but remains in good condition.... Really??? To me it looks like someone fell asleep in front of the buffing wheel holding it. This is how it once upon a time would/should have looked like: Cheers
You are correct, they are not "cathedral hands", and the ones that you show are. Shouldn't be any surprise, though, given Hodinkee's – ahem – liberal use of "Calatrava".
I'd probably call it a mistake rather than BS in this case but sword or Lozenge using the chart above would be what I'd go with. The chart above would point to that second photo being skeleton too rather than cathedral but I think of skeleton as having spaces in the middle like the Seamaster Pro.
Actually I was told years ago.. .they were referred to as " diamond" hands... good chance radium filled too Boot !
I'm doing well Bill! I have been buying some off-brand watches lately...like this one. Pretty small in size, like a Bubbleback. Diamond hands too.
In France we call them 'aiguilles sauges'... Or maybe it is just me... Édit: it is just me and I am wrong
I do not own all different references..... From the dial layout on the Dinky one I'd say it's an early 1950s watch. Then again they offer no serial number or movement pictures so really hard to say.
@Northernman thanks for spotting our mistake, we have now corrected the listing: https://shop.hodinkee.com/collections/watches/products/1950s-lemania-chronograph Sorry about that, indeed the hands naming is a vast subject but cathedral hands are something very different than the handset on our Lemania Best, Louis
Good. Now it would be nice to see a movement and case back shot. I hope those parts are not as worn and mangled as the case.