Benzinger unique – Phoenix Jump Hour

Collecting · · by Christian Bissener


Steel Benzinger jump hour watch with a hand-engraved silver dial, a gold-toned phoenix motif and a jump hour window

Greek mythology tells of a bird with colourful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet. Near the end of its life it builds a nest of myrrh twigs that ignites; nest and bird burn and are reduced to ashes, from which a young phoenix arises to live again. The phoenix became a symbol of resurrection and immortality, and it is the subject of this jump hour watch.

Steel Benzinger caseback with skeletonised gold foliage movement seen through the sapphire crystal
The skeletonised movement under the sapphire crystal

Specification

  • High-grade steel case made in Pforzheim, 40mm, screwed-in strap lugs and onion crown
  • Sterling silver dial, hand-engraved and engine-turned, with the phoenix motif
  • Hand-engraved, hand-guilloché and hand-skeletonised Kasper 1415 manual-winding movement, with the ground plate covered in blue platinum
  • Flame-blued screws
  • Flame-blued centre seconds hand in a special shape