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Franck Muller Crazy Hours jumping-hour module

Probable

The base is an ETA 2892, typically in a high grade, with the Crazy Hours works mounted as a module above it. Franck Muller's house practice across the range is consistent and worth knowing: an ETA base, a platinum rotor, selected components upgraded, an in-house complication module, the Franck Muller name engraved and a Franck Muller reference number applied. So an FM caliber number is an FM DESIGNATION over an outside base — the same convention this catalog records for Hublot's HUB numbers and Hamilton's H-series — and an examiner expecting in-house architecture behind one will report a correct watch as wrong. What still matters most at the point of examination is what the mechanism DOES, because that is what a copy omits: at the hour the hand must jump instantaneously across the dial to the correct numeral, which is not the physically adjacent one.

Specifications

Movement manufacturer
Franck Muller
Base caliber
ETA 2892
Production
2003–present
Winding
automatic
Complications
Jumping hours · Non-sequential hour indication

Architecture

A high-grade ETA 2892 automatic carrying a Franck Muller complication plate: a jumping-hour mechanism programmed to advance the hour hand to a non-sequential position on the dial, so that a scrambled numeral layout still indicates the correct hour.

Authentication notes

  • MovementProbable

    The jump is the test and it is conclusive

    Wait for the hour. A genuine Crazy Hours jumps the hour hand across the dial in an instant to the numeral representing the true next hour. A counterfeit built on an ordinary movement sweeps the hand continuously to the physically adjacent numeral, which then indicates the wrong time — the scrambled dial only works if the mechanism is there. Few checks in this catalog are this decisive for this little effort.

References using this caliber

Provenance of this record

Sources & Evidence

Primary sourceManufacturer documentation

Franck Muller — collection and complication specifications

Franck Muller Watchland SA

Accessed
2026-08-19

Cited for

This referenceHigh confidence
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Secondary sourceCollector research

Research on Franck Muller counterfeits: case curvature, numerals and complication claims

Authentication services, dealers and collector communities

Accessed
2026-08-19

Cited for

This referenceProbable

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