Vintage Lanco Jump Hour Mechanical Digital Swiss Red Dial 39mm 70s Watch

Vintage Lanco Jump Hour, Mechanical Digital Display, Red Dial, 39mm Space-Age Steel Case, Swiss, 1970s

It looks digital but is entirely mechanical: the time is shown by rotating numbered discs behind a compact rectangular window instead of hands. The deep burgundy-red display is set in a broad, brushed silver-tone geometric case with real 1970s presence.

Brand heritage

Lanco was the brand of the Langendorf Watch Company, founded in Langendorf in the Swiss canton of Solothurn in 1873 and at one time among the largest watch factories in the country. In the 1960s it joined the SSIH group alongside Omega and Tissot, and production under the Lanco name ended in the 1970s, which makes its last models comparatively scarce.

Model history

Jump-hour and disc-display watches were the Swiss answer to the first electronic digital watches of the early 1970s, giving a futuristic read-out with a traditional hand-wound movement. Lanco offered several in bold cushion and rectangular cases; this red-display version is one of the more striking.

Specifications

• Brand: Lanco (Langendorf Watch Co.)
• Type: mechanical digital / jump-hour disc display
• Era: circa 1970s
• Movement: Swiss hand-wound mechanical
• Display: hours and minutes on rotating discs, burgundy red
• Case: silver-tone geometric case, approx. 39mm, snap back
• Strap: black leather
• Made in Switzerland

Condition

Very good vintage condition with age-related wear visible in the photographs. Running at the time of listing.

Please note

Please study all photos carefully. They show the actual watch you will receive and form part of the description. As with any vintage watch, it is sold as a collectible, is not guaranteed water resistant, and its timekeeping may differ from a modern watch.

Shipping

Ships from Giza, Egypt, carefully packed, with tracking.

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