Perrelet A1037/7

PERRELET, STAINLESS STEEL JUMPING HOUR WRISTWATCH, REF. A1037/7

CIRCA: 2024 CASE NO: A0576 CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel CASE DIAMETER: 40 mm. DIAL: Black MOVEMENT: Automatic CLASP: Stainless steel Perrelet double deployant clasp BOX: Yes PAPERS: Yes WITH: Perrelet International Warranty dated 2024, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging 'Unworn' with its original factory stickers and offered 'full set', the present Perrelet timepiece features a 40 mm. stainless steel case with a black dial and jumping hours complication. Perrelet Abraham-Louis Perrelet was born in Neuchacirctel, Switzerland and was a renowned Swiss horologist. Perrelet invented a self-winding mechanism in 1770 for pocket watches. Perrelet's watch worked on the same principle as a modern wristwatch and was designed to wind as the owner walked, by using an oscillating weight inside the large watch that moved up and down. The Geneva Society of Arts reported in 1776 that only fifteen minutes of walking was necessary to wind the Perrelet wristwatch sufficiently for eight days, and the following year reported that it was selling well. Perrelet is thus widely acknowledged as the inventor of the basic movement known today as an AUTOMATIC (self-winding) movement. Since 2007, following the appointment of Marc Bernhardt as CEO of Perrelet, and under his direction the company has released a few highly regarded watches. These include watches with retrograde, jumping hour, and double-rotor complications. Perrelet is today perhaps most well-known for its Turbine watches featuring a spinning rotor visible through the dial side of the watch. The Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation would like to thank The Perrelet Watch Company for their generous donation The Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation Through great loss has come inspiration. At just 15 years old, Brian LaViolette’s life was claimed in a swimming accident, and on the day of his funeral, his family kept a promise to honor his name and memory by helping others. Founded in 1992, the Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation awards deserving college-bound students with scholarships to further their lives and education. Since then, the foundation is proud to have presented 1,160 scholarships to deserving individuals across the globe.