From an European Gentleman The jumping-hours, or digital watch, better than any other, captured the innovative spirit of Art Deco, in that all superfluous ornaments are eliminated. It is an example of the freedom of vision tied to the purity of line and a new state of mind. The outpouring of new ideas that transformed architecture, fashion, costume, and the life-style of millions of people, left its mark on horology as well. It is true, without a doubt, that the most beautiful and elegant examples come from the Art Deco period. Even the means of reading the hour was revised, as designers and stylists, in search of an extreme elegance, replaced hands and dials with small windows through which appeared the hours and minutes. The former were jump-hours, and the minutes slipped inexorably past in an illustration of the eternal flow of time. The present watch takes this vision one step further, with the additional complication of the in-line digital perpetual calendar.