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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF CRAWFORD; STYLING BY TERRY LEWIS FROM TOP: From Audemars Piguet, this Jules Audemars Minute Repeater with Jumping Hour and Small Seconds watch ($319,100) is crafted in platinum and features blue numbers and minute hand. The jump hour indication is at 12:00. Shreve, Crump & Low, 9 Newbury St, 617-267-9100; audemarspiguet.com From Bulgari, this 43mm Octo watch ($18,200) features a stainless steel case with a black ceramic bezel. The automatic movement offers jump hours at 12:00, with a retrograde minutes indication and a retrograde date indication at 6:00. By appointment, Saks Fifth Avenue, 800 Boylston St., 617-262-8500; bulgari.com This David Yurman Classic ® Jumping Hours Limited Edition watch ($8,900) houses a self-winding automatic Dubois Depraz movement with ETA base, with jump hour display at 12:00. The 43.5mm black PVD case with gray galvanic dial and smoked sapphire crystal caseback make a chic presentation. The watch— made in a limited edition of 100 numbered pieces—features a center minute hand and sub-seconds dial. It is water-resistant to 30 meters. Copley Place, 617-236-8777; davidyurman.com Today's jump hour watches are based on a design that was developed and patented in 1882 by Austrian engineer Josef Pallweber, who created a digital display for pocket watches that utilized numbers on rotating disks rather than classic pointers. It became a popular complication for pocket watches throughout the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, and in the past few years interest in this design has reignited. Some high-end companies offering classic jump hour watches generally display only the hour as a jumping digit and indicate the minutes via a long central minute hand that rotates around the dial in typical pointer fashion. Other brands opt to combine the jump hour with other intriguing watch complications—for example, the melodious minute repeater found in the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Minute Repeater, which features two in-house specialties. Another combination of complications is the constantly- in-motion retrograde. In its Octo Jump Hour watch, Bulgari combines the jump hour complication with retro- grade minutes, wherein the minute hand travels along an arc; when it reaches the end of its indication, it returns back to the beginning of the arc. No matter which jump hour rendition a watch brand offers, those who appreciate horological innovation can't help but be drawn to the jump hour complexity and the sheer beauty and simplicity of the look. "The jump hour watch offers a very unusual way of reading time," says Guillosson. "So even if you are not a watch collector, this look is very appealing because it is something completely different." For more watch features and expanded coverage go to bostoncommon-magazine.com/watches. BC e watch is so unusual that there is a waiting list wherever in the world it is sold. BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 85 084-085_BC_SS_TimeHonored_Spring14.indd 85 2/7/14 12:11 PM