Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold chronometre-souverain and the lancet-style are fashioned

and the lancet-style are fashioned from the same material

Another interesting detail is the sequence of actions to set the time

it is believed that this was within the first 10 watches to have been produced by the manufacture

this Jaeger-LeCoultre travel clock will be subject to 20% VAT

Jump Hour | 43040 | Yellow Gold chronometre-souverain and the lancet-style are fashionedThe 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