Alexander Shorokhoff M.I.K.E. - A Jumping Hour Watch

By RED ARMY WATCHES SDN BHDAugust 21, 2026

Alexander Shorokhoff M.I.K.E.: A Jumping Hour Watch With a Mission

There are watches designed to measure time, watches created as objects of art, and occasionally, watches that attempt to give time a greater meaning.

The Alexander Shorokhoff M.I.K.E. belongs firmly in the latter category.

Limited to just 10 pieces worldwide, M.I.K.E. combines Alexander Shorokhoff's unmistakably expressive design language with a jumping-hour complication, intricate guilloché work and a charitable mission supporting children living with rheumatic diseases.

And hidden within all that colour and mechanical creativity is something you might not notice at first glance: a bear.

A Bear Hidden in the Dial

At first, M.I.K.E.'s cream-and-green dial appears typically Alexander Shorokhoff: unconventional, colourful and deliberately unlike traditional watch design.

Look again.

The guilloché patterns and relief structures begin to form the face of a bear. Small coloured eyes appear within the dial, while a subtle opening in the upper portion completes the character.

The idea isn't simply decorative.

The name M.I.K.E. derives from Michael and the Russian short form "Misha", a name closely associated with the bear. Here, the bear represents strength, warmth and protection.

It also creates the connection between the watch and the charitable cause behind it.

More Than a Limited Edition

M.I.K.E. was developed in connection with Biker Charity Run Süd, an initiative that raises funds for children living with rheumatic diseases.

For every M.I.K.E. sold, €500 is donated directly to the Children's Rheumatism Hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

With only ten watches being produced, the project has the potential to contribute €5,000 through sales of the complete edition.

Alexander Shorokhoff describes the idea through four words represented by the watch's name:

M — Mission
A mission for a good cause.

I — Inspiration
Hope for children.

K — Kindness
Compassion and help.

E — Empathy
Understanding and care.

It gives the watch an unusual dimension. Its scarcity isn't simply there for collectability; each of those ten pieces is tied directly to the project's purpose.

A Different Way to Read the Hour

The mechanical story is equally interesting.

Instead of a conventional hour hand rotating around the dial, M.I.K.E. uses a jumping-hour display.

The current hour appears digitally through an aperture positioned at 12 o'clock. When the hour changes, the numeral jumps instantaneously to the next hour rather than gradually moving toward it.

Minutes are indicated by the central orange hand, while running seconds are displayed through the colourful subdial at 6 o'clock.

It's a very different way of presenting time, and one that suits Alexander Shorokhoff's approach particularly well.

Rather than adding a complication simply for technical prestige, the jumping hour becomes part of the visual architecture of the watch.

Inside: Dubois Dépraz 14400A

Powering M.I.K.E. is the Dubois Dépraz 14400A automatic movement.

Dubois Dépraz is a specialist Swiss movement and complication manufacturer based in the Vallée de Joux, with a history stretching back to 1901.

In M.I.K.E., the automatic calibre provides the jumping-hour display at 12 o'clock, central minutes and small seconds at 6 o'clock.

It operates with 25 jewels and offers approximately 40 hours of power reserve.

Turn the watch over and another characteristic Alexander Shorokhoff detail appears.

The movement can be viewed through a sapphire crystal caseback, including a rotor that is engraved and finished by hand at the Alexander Shorokhoff manufactory in Alzenau.

It's the kind of craftsmanship that makes the back of the watch almost as interesting as the front.

Art on the Wrist

M.I.K.E. measures 43.5mm in diameter and 11.3mm thick, giving the unconventional dial enough room to make an impact.

The case combines brushed and polished stainless steel surfaces and is fitted with anti-reflective sapphire crystal on the front and sapphire crystal on the caseback.

Completing the design is a genuine green crocodile leather strap with an engraved stainless steel pin buckle.

But specifications only explain part of the appeal.

Alexander Shorokhoff watches have rarely been about restraint. Colour, unusual typography, elaborate dial work and unexpected mechanical displays are central to the brand's "Art on the Wrist" philosophy.

M.I.K.E. takes that philosophy and gives it another layer.

The hidden bear makes you look twice. The jumping hour changes the familiar way we read time. And the charitable project gives the watch a story extending beyond the wrist.

Alexander Shorokhoff M.I.K.E. Specifications

Reference: AS.JH03-MIKE
Movement: Dubois Dépraz 14400A automatic
Functions: Jumping hour, central minutes, small seconds
Jewels: 25
Power Reserve: Approximately 40 hours
Case: Brushed and polished stainless steel
Diameter: 43.5mm
Thickness: 11.3mm
Lug Width: 22mm
Crystal: Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Caseback: Sapphire crystal
Dial: Cream and green with guilloché and relief structures
Strap: Genuine green crocodile leather
Limited Edition: 10 pieces worldwide

10 Watches, 10 Opportunities to Help

Watch collecting is often driven by rarity, mechanical ingenuity, design or history. M.I.K.E. manages to bring several of those elements together while adding something that is far less common: a purpose beyond the object itself.

Only 10 Alexander Shorokhoff M.I.K.E. watches will be produced worldwide, with €500 from the sale of each watch supporting the Children's Rheumatism Hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

For the collector who already owns conventional watches and is looking for something genuinely unusual, M.I.K.E. offers considerably more than another dial variation or limited-edition number.

It's colourful. It's mechanical. It's slightly eccentric.

And that's precisely the point.