Junghans Launch Form A and Form Quartz Bauhaus for 100th Anniversary of Bauhaus Dessau

Just because a design is minimalist doesn’t mean its use of colour can’t be expressive. Indeed, when you’re constantly reducing the form of an object to its essential parts such that form and function are one and the same, colour is one of the few avenues open to you to explore creativity and personality. The best example of which in watchmaking is the seminal Nomos Glashütte 175 Year collection from 2024. It’s now fellow German brand Jungans’ turn to explore the breadth of the colour wheel with the Form A and Form Quartz Bauhaus Editions.

Where the aforementioned Nomos collection featured watches each in a lot of individual colours, the Form A and Form Quartz Bauhaus put every colour onto a single watch. What I mean by that is they feature rainbow hour markers. Starting with yellow at 12 o’clock through to red at 4 and blue at 8, with the intervening markers completing the wheel. In order to highlight the coloured markers the Form A Bauhaus edition has deviated from its traditional, thin, slit style hour markers in favour of bolder squares. Though the Form Quartz has kept them and at least in my opinion looks better for it.

The Form A version, which houses the J800.2 automatic movement (base ETA 2824-2) with 38-hour power reserve, features a black dial and matching black PVD case, Whereas the Form Quartz with the J645.37 quartz movement, has a white dial and exposed steel case. The dimensions of those cases differ very slightly because of the different movement housed inside. The Form A Bauhaus is 39.3mm x 9.5mm and the Form Quartz Bauhaus is 39.9mm x 7mm.

They’re being launched because 2025 marks the 100^th anniversary of the opening of the Bauhaus Dessau, when the school moved away from its original location in Weimar. It’s actually the Bauhaus Dessau that many people think of when it comes to the school because that’s the iconic building with its angular design and signature red door. You can find a depiction of it on the watches’ casebacks.

Both watches are limited to 1,000 pieces with the Form A Bauhaus at a price of £1,290 and the Form Quartz Bauhaus at a more accessible £590. They’re fun, colourful celebrations of one of the most influential schools of design in history. Personally I prefer the previous Bauhaus editions like the Max Bill Bauhaus but I think these models have plenty of charm of their own for the right collector.

More details at Junghans.