Description
• Brand: Lucerne (Swiss)
• Type: Mechanical digital / jump-hour (not electronic)
• Era: Late 1960s–1970s
• Display: Jump hour (left window) + jumping minutes (disc)
• Movement: Swiss mechanical digital module (often pin-lever based, sometimes sourced from A. Schild / Baumgartner era suppliers)
Design & case
• Case: Stainless steel, strong space-age / brutalist 70s design
• Shape: Oval / UFO-style
• Bracelet: Integrated steel bracelet (original-looking, textured links)
• Crown: Side crown for manual winding
This style was very fashionable during the quartz crisis era when brands experimented heavily with futuristic digital mechanical displays.
Collectability
• Lucerne is a top-tier Swiss brand
• Mechanical digital watches are collectible
• Integrated bracelet + clean condition adds value
• “Digital Swiss” marking confirms it’s mechanical, not quartz