The first video is for the Speak Marin Jumping Hour, part of their Mechanical Art Collection. The watch has 4 hour hands, arranged at the quarter hours, and each one jumps to the next hour in turn, every 15 minutes. I don’t know how practical it would be to wear and tell time, but it is certainly a cool complication.
The MeisterSinger Salthora Meta is a bit more conventional, with a jumping hour displayed through a cut out behind the dial. It gives you the look of a single hander, with the functionality of a more traditional watch.
Proving there are some DIYers out there that can get clever, here is a definitely low tech way to get a jumping our complication on your watch, without having to know much about watchmaking.
While a jumping hour is a popular complication, there are other ways to make the hands jump, as with the Grönefeld “One Hertz” dead beat seconds movement.
One of my favorites here is the Arnold & Son Dead Second True Beat. If I were spending an insane amount of money on a watch (that reminds me, I need to check my lottery tickets), one from Arnold & Son would be on the short list of makers, and this one is really, really cool.
I don’t know if anyone has put all three jumping hands in a single watch, but the A. Lane & Söhne Zeitwerk Striking Time combines jumping hour and jumping minute digital displays, along with a little chime for the quarter hour and hour. That is a lot of leaping.
That’s it for this week’s edition of Watch Video Rewind. If you stumble across any interesting watch (or time) related videos out there, drop us a line. If we end up using in the watch video rewind from your suggestion, we’ll be sure to tip our hats (electronically, if not literally) in your general direction.