Lot 36

Dürrstein & Co.

D.R.P. 35996

A rare and very fine Glashuette pocket watch with digital jumping hours and minutes

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Inspired by IWC’s "jump hour" watches using Joseph Pallweber’s patented design, Dürrstein & Co. had their own mechanism for a jumping indication patented (D.R.P. 35996). The difference to Pallweber’s mechanism is the second barrel that supplies the impulse for the discs with the numerals.
A very small number of watches of similar design according to this patent are also available from Lange & Söhne. These fetched high five-figure sums at auctions.
For the present watch, the symbol of a hammer and mallet indicates an owner in an elevated position in the mining industry.