LIP Secteur cal. DUROMAT INT 7525/2 / 1970s Jump Hour, Linear Minutes

— French design marked out by a speedometer —

The Secteur, released by the French house LIP in the 1970s.

A piece that brightly betrays existing ideas of what a watch is.

A linear minute display recalling the speedometer of a vintage car, and a jumping hour that switches over quietly at the top.

It turns the act of checking the time into something closer to the thrill of operating an unfamiliar instrument.

— A golden space-age icon —

A solid 37 × 34mm case which, for all its sharp form, sits surprisingly well on the wrist.

The flowing arrangement of the hands creates an organic rhythm within a linear design, carrying into the present the shape of the near future its designers dreamed of.

— The distinguished German house DUROWE —

Fitted with the Cal. DUROMAT INT 7525/2.

A 25-jewel, high-specification movement based on the calibre R573 from Durowe, the distinguished German ébauche maker.

Vintage with real usefulness, and something like a sculpture worn on the wrist.

Even so, for collectors who ask a watch for a character that overwhelms everything else, there may still be no final destination.

— A current of modernism —

Almost half a century on, the modern shine this watch gives off shows no sign of fading.

Playfulness for classical dress; an intelligent accent for fashion-led style.

One of the heretical, and supreme, pieces written into French watch history.

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