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SPRINGING

FORWARD

IS IT TIME TO MAKE THE LEAP
TO A JUMP-HOUR WATCH?

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT:
45MM IWC TRIBUTE TO PALLWEBER
EDITION “150 YEARS” IN STAINLESS
STEEL BY IWC ($23,100); 44.2MM
ZEITWERK STRIKING TIME IN WHITE
GOLD BY A. LANGHE & SOHNE
($119,000); 42MM VILLERET
TOURBILLON VOLANT HEURE
SAUTANTE MINUTE RÉTROGRADE
IN RED GOLD BY BLANCPAIN
($148,800); 42MM PROJECT Z12
IN ZALIUM BY HARRY WINSTON
($24,800): 41MM OCTO MASERATI
GRANLUSSO IN PINK GOLD BY
BULGARI ($30,700); 43MM
SALTHORA META X TRANSPARENT
IN STAINLESS STEEL BY
MEISTERSINGER ($4,500).

Time fl ies, of course, but did you know it can also
jump? The jump-hour timepiece dates to the 19th
century, and most modern versions are based
on a function patented for the pocket watch
by Austrian engineer Josef Pallweber in
1883. Unlike a traditional watch, which
has a sweeping hour hand, Pallweber’s
innovation featured a numbered disc in
an aperture that “jumped” to the next
hour after 60 minutes. (It also had a
jumping minutes window.) Today there
are many variations on the jump hour, STYLE EDITOR: BARRY SAMAHA. SET DESIGN: TERRY LEWIS
including models with a minute hand
or a tourbillon—and IWC’s Tribute to PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID ARKY FOR FORBES
Pallweber Edition “150 Years,” which
looks remarkably like the original pocket
watch that got the jump on all of them.

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