Different takes on this complication by PP, AP & VC. Best to you all. 1/ PATEK PHILIPPE Ref. 3969 celebrating Patek's 150th anniversary in 1989 3969P only 50 pcs made (credit: onbehalf) 3969R only 450 pcs made (credit: Swiss hours) Ref. 5275P-001 made to ...
Sadly, some models have the hour window at 12 o'clock with the minutes hand overlapping the window exactly when the hour jumps... Two ways to solve this problem: either the minutes hand is shortened (like in Patek's 5275P, either the hour window isn't pla...
Having a pomme hour hand, like Omega, so that the hour window shows even when the minute hand is over it πππ» Here a picture from MZHammer and the associated post: www.watchprosite.com ...
but regret that the minutes hand is partly overlapping the hour window exactly when the hour jumps. On the 5275P the minutes hand has been shortened, presumably to solve this problem (but I might be wrong).
many other AP openworked pieces: it's because I like the solid white minutes-seconds-hour structure. And the movement is finished to such a high degree!
but AP's 26356 1 25723 are also a minute repeaters with jumping hour. And I would say that other models, like both VC or Patek's 5275 have a lot to offer (retrograde minutes for the Saltarello or Chiming hour for the 5275, for example).