Jump Hour Watch with Floral Dial and Chain
A nickel open-faced jump hour watch Continental circa 1890, nickel lever movement, silvered dial applied with floral stem decoration, jump hour aperture at 12, the minute aperture at 6 above a subsidiary seconds dial, plain polished case, diameter 1.97 in. Accompanied by a decorative watch chain.
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- Date Aperture - A date aperture is a cut out section in the face of a watch or clock, displaying the day of the month.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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