Mechanism for a watch movement (1) comprising a cam (5), a rack (3) driven by the cam (5), a retrograde mobile (20) driven by said rack (3) and bearing a retrograde indicator (2) for displaying a first item of time information, the rack (3) and the retrograde mobile (20) being arranged in such a way as to rotate in the same direction. A jumping hour display ring is synchronized with the returns of the retrograde display.