Tuesday 19 February 2013

Feba Mechanical Jump Hour

It's retro again today, but not an LCD digital watch, although in the early days, these were called 'digital' too.

The watch is a jump hour watch, and uses a system of rotating discs to show the time in a small window. The name Jump-Hour comes from the fact that the hour dial doesn't rotate continuously, but jumps to the next hour (over about 20 min, so I think this maybe needs a service). Both of the other dials run continuously and don't jump.

It has an automatic manual movement which is an incabloc 25 jewel type.

The watch is by Feba, who are a Swiss brand, and seem to have been operating in the 70s making mechanical watches (but I don't know when they were founded and if they've now ceased). From my search, this 25 jewel mechanical movement seems to be one of their top models (as most are hand-wind and 7-17 jewel). They also seem to be interesting to collectors, as one model sold for $400! There is not much more info on the watch, but the are numbers on the back. One looks like a serial number, but the other (3020) could be the model number

The style of this watch is quite interesting, and features a domed front in brass, dropping away to the corners, with a curved rectangular glass. This, with its matching brown leather strap, makes the watch quite eye catching.

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