This Sinn / BR collaboration is being sold for $1475, which is fair considering this watch is in mint condition and somewhat of a replica Bvlgari watch historical piece.Click here for more details of this pre-independence Bell & Ross.Hodinkee in Bell & Ross, Chronograph Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 8:27AM We have featured a wandering hour watch and even a crazy, crazy hours watch, but one of the most common non-traditional configurations for a watch is the jumping hour (here is a great modern jumping hour from Perrelet).
They still are not that common, and vintage Cartiers that peak our interest aren't that common either.When we came across today's replica Japanese Rolex watches, we were really blown away.It is a Cartier from the 1930s, and it is a Jumping Hour watch.Many people call the original Jumping Hour watches the first "digital" watches.In fact, we even showed you an old Certina "digital" from 1936 that the brand themselves claim to be the very first in existence.The only problem with that is, this Cartier Jump Hour is circa 1931, a good half-decade before the Certina was released (uh oh Swatch, what do you have to say about that??).
So this Cartier may or may not be the replica Rolex Ladies watches very first Jump hour (blanket statements, especially in horology, are very difficult to validate), but that is not the reason we were so drawn to it.The inscription on the back of thie Cartier really pulls at you.It reads "RLDM" in the middle of a square made whose sides are made up of four middle eastern cities: Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus, and Petra.The first three cities most of you are familiar with, while Petra we bet we can give you a few hints and you'll be right there with us.
