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The new JUNGHANS max bill MEGA – simplicity can be so precise.
In 2018 Junghans presents the max bill MEGA, a world first. A timepiece that embodies precision perfectly – in design and technology. The design of the watch is based on the guiding principles of Max Bill, with simplicity and precision the characteristic elements of a good design. As a consequence, the layout of the dial is planned down to the tiniest detail: the minimalist hands and indices are arranged with absolute concision, each element has its own position, length and function. The watch is reduced to the essentials. Max Bill once declared that he was “obsessed with creating attractive, precise timepieces”.
This accuracy in production is also reflected in the accuracy of the watch. On three continents the time is received via a time signal with a deviation of just 0.006 seconds in one million years. If the watch is outside of the reception range, it continues to run automatically with the accuracy of an especially precise quartz movement – with a maximum time deviation of 8 seconds a year. Junghans’ know-how is evident above all in the technology, developed in Schramberg, that provides for the convenient handling of the max bill MEGA. The ITC technology (Intelligent Time Correction) ensures that the position of the second hand is compared with the most recently received time information 1,440 times per day – and adjusted when necessary.
Even greater accuracy comes from the SHM technology (Smart Hand Motion), which ensures that the watch is even more precise, thanks to the half-second steps of the second hand. In addition, the movement of the second and minute hands and the changing of the date are triggered a fraction of a second before the time change – for the most accurate display of the actual time.
The wearer can rely on correct date changing at all times, as the display also shifts automatically from the last day of the month to the 1st day of the following month when the watch is in quartz mode, or when there are 30 or fewer days in the month.
The max bill MEGA from Junghans is not just precise, it is also convenient to operate. Time synchronisation of the movement takes place automatically every day. When travelling to another time zone, the time can be adjusted via the crown, either in hourly steps or by using the stored time zones – without losing the precision of the seconds. In addition, wearers also have the option of setting the watch to their individual time when outside of the reception areas,
using the Junghans MEGA App. The new JUNGHANS max bill MEGA unites precision in design and technology.
The JUNGHANS max bill line
True to the premise of “form follows function”, the artist and Bauhaus pupil Max Bill created a timepiece of a special kind. The logical dial layout of the kitchen clock of 1956, which made design history as the Max Bill wall clock, became the characteristic feature of his timepieces and was incorporated into the design of the first wristwatches of Max Bill in 1961. The artist places particular value on the combination of utility value and beauty. With constructive clarity and the strive for aesthetic perfection, the design classics of the JUNGHANS max bill line are still produced largely unchanged to this day.
