Digital Displays: Jump Hour Watches

Rather than a traditional hour center hand that sweeps around the dial pointing to 12 indexes, jump hour watches use a digital display to indicate the current hour Over a century later, Pallweber's innovation is still alive and well as illustrated by these three brilliant examples of jump hour watches This year marks the 50th anniversary of Gerald Genta's eponymous brand and while the man may no longer be with us, Bulgari has released a jump hour watch in his honor.

Sitting beneath a retrograde minutes display on the upper dial space is a jumping hours window at 12 o'clock and a retrograde date display on the lower section of the dial The new Bovet Virtuoso V features a red gold Amadeo case, measuring 43.5mm On one side of the case is a dial with jump hour window accompanying a retrograde minutes display, while the reverse dial, which is open-worked for a view of the manual movement, includes an off-centered subdial with traditional sweeping hour and minutes hands.

The skeletonized dial has a jumping hours window displaying a large red numeral, along with a sweeping minute hand The skeletonized dial and movement of the Roger Dubuis Excalibur One-Off are enclosed in a mega 47mm case, fashioned from carbon and ceramic while the interchangeable rubber strap showcases the Pirelli special "L" mark reserved for Lamborghinis. . Source