Dress watch with a very strange tick

[Mont Blanc]

I was in a meeting today, and one of the participants was a chap who was wearing what appeared to be a fairly plain looking 38mm dress watch, silver/stainless in colour, with brown leather strap. White/Cream colour dial. Silver hour marker batons. Quite a slim case profile.

I had no idea what it was, but from across the table it appeared to look a bit like a JLC logo, or similar.

The strange thing that I did notice, was that it ticked every 5 seconds. The second hand jumped from hour marker to hour marker, every 5 seconds.

Any idea what it was?

[langtounlad]

Quartz watch with a nearly flat battery?

[Mr Pointy]

The battery was running out. Several brands do this when it's time to change the battery.

[Mont Blanc]

Thank you.

Very interesting, I didn’t know this was a feature on some quartz.

[shambolic]

My 30yr old Breitling Colt does this when battery is getting flat.

[hidetheelephants]

Must have been a thrilling meeting if the watch grabbed you that much.