Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold watch-boxes going instead for a spiral

going instead for a spiral motif emanating from the subsidiary seconds

hour-markers

sub-seconds Case material: White gold Case diameter: 34mm x 34mm Crystal: Sapphire front and back Strap: ACM's strap - grey grained leather

Introduced in 1994

making them as elusive

Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold watch-boxes going instead for a spiralThe Vacheron Constantin ref. 43040 features an unconventional, visually appealing way of displaying time. With only 250 pieces made in yellow gold between 1993 and 1995, the manufacture took inspiration from the jump hour complication of the past. This watch in particular has developed a warm pink tone to the engine turned dial, a patina unique to this watch having left the factory white. In 1925, a Swiss watchmaker by the name of Robert Cart patented