Depends on one's eyesight, if you are farsighted (hyperopia) you are going to have trouble focusing and reading things at close distance. I'm just the opposite, I tend to be nearsighted (myopia) and I don't have trouble reading a dial from normal distance. All the examples shown in this thread are easily readable for me, that Seikomatic is borderline iffy, though, at a quick glance. Everyone's peepers are different.
I understand this very well, I am unable to tell the time on this one (or do any calculations with it ). There is no second running, so I sometimes don`t even know wether it is running at all....
I don't really have trouble reading the time on this one, since the dial is HUGE....! 😉
Must be you, mind you a blue chrono second hand against a blue dial wasn’t a great idea by Dan Henry but maybe because I was brought up with chronos I’m probably used to it but I don’t have any problems reading any of mine