Let’s start with the dial. That’s why we’re here, really. From above, it looks like monochrome forged metal, but a change of the angle reveals a deep, undulating, multi-layered architectural sculpture housed in a profound cylindrical sapphire crystal. Closer inspection shows a finished dial consisting of some 67 individual dial plates stacked and layered upon each other to create a multi-faceted, topographical, sinuous design. Taking clear inspiration from neo-brutalist, industrial, and futuristic sci-fi architecture, there are few, if any sharp angles or lines: everything just kind of flows like a well-conceived building complex. The pleasing color of the light silver-grey metal of the dial plates is offset by the darker shades of the sandblasted dial sides, which give the multi-dimensional design its structure. Each dial plate has been painted with white lacquer and filled with green Super-LumiNova.
Yes, this is a full lume dial, that’s even more lumetastic than the Projekt 01–while being fiendishly subtle about it–that is, until you turn out the lights (scroll down for the full lume shot). That subtle, monochrome look carries over to the rounded baton handset. It is substantial, with the hour and minute hands both draped in a similar silver-grey shade as the dial plates. Yet the hands are highly legible thanks to the deep separation from the layered dial and the generously lumed outlines on the handset. Finally, if there’s a conventional element on the dial, it’s the fluorescent-orange seconds hand. We saw the same shape on the Projekt 01, and here on the Projekt 02, it dramatically plays off the dial’s subdued shades to underscore the watch’s functional, sporty, and fun elements.