The Junghans max bill Automatic 27/3501.02 is the index-dial, no-date version of the Bauhaus-inspired max bill line. Its polished stainless steel case measures 38.0 mm in diameter and 10.0 mm in height, under a domed, anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The matt silver-plated dial carries a minute track and hands with luminous substance, and the watch is water resistant to 5 bar. It comes on a black leather strap with a stainless steel buckle.

Inside is the self-winding Junghans J800.1 movement with a power reserve of up to 38 hours, driving hours, minutes and seconds with no date function. Junghans lists the watch at €1,445 including VAT. Junghans frames the design around Max Bill’s own words, that a watch should be “as timeless as can be conceived without forgetting the time”.

The max bill range is one of the best-known Bauhaus-influenced watch families, and this clean index version is the purest expression of it. Retailers describe the J800.1 as an ETA 2824-based caliber, a workhorse rather than an in-house movement. The watch is currently in production and shown as in stock on Junghans’ official store.