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This paper studies the simplest one of the sequence of characteristic classes of framed smooth fiber bundles constructed by M. Kontsevich. By introducing a correction term to the characteristic number of the Kontsevich class, we obtain an invariant of unframed sphere bundles over a sphere. The correction term is given by a multiple of Hirzebruch’s signature defect. We observe that a reduction of our...