Mystery Watches

A “Mystery watch” is a watch that uses a system originally developed for “Mystery Clocks” which uses transparent crystal discs on which the hands are attached.

The system was pioneered by  Armand Schwob et Frères in 1889 and the first mystery clock is attributed to Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, a nineteenth-century magician and clockmaker.

The discs turn by using pinions concealed in the case and a movement in the clock or watch base.