Saturday November 11, 2017 is the date, 1430 the time, and Geneva, the place. The 2017 edition of the Only Watch auction to raise money for research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy courtesy of a charity auction of unique timepieces has… Read More ›
Jaquet Droz
BASELWORLD 2017 : Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon
There is a new member of the lunar club fraternity – Jaquet Droz have released an addition to their classic Grande Seconde Collection in the form of a watch with both date and moon phase two different variants – stainless… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : Swiss-themed Charming Bird
First released in 2013 to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Pierre Jaquet Droz’s first workshop in 1738, this year brings with it this new particularly Swiss, limited edition version of Jaquet Droz’s Charming (in name and execution) Bird mechanical wonder… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : Grande Seconde Dual Time
I’ve covered a number of dual/world timer watches, and today brings another one from the folks who were responsible for the Twelve Cities world timer that remains one of my favourites of this complication. Meet the new Grande Seconde Dual… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : Grande Seconde Deadbeat Onyx
In 2015 Jaquet Droz released the Grande Seconde Morte (aka ‘Deadbeat Seconds’ in English) in a limited edition model with an ivory-coloured enamel dial. A year later at Baselworld 2016 they followed up with two black dial versions in stainless steel… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Jaquet Droz Grande Heure GMT
Jaquet Droz’s ‘Majestic Beijing’ collection contains my favourite JD model the ‘Twelve Cities’ (Les Douze Villes), and it is also the thematic home of the elegant Eclipse watches from last year. Some of the stalwarts of this collection are the… Read More ›
VIDEO & World Tour Dates : The Bird Minute Repeater
So there was this video of a watch that I saw… Actually, to call it a ‘watch’ somehow seems inadequate. It’s more a mindboggling work of art, this automata from Jaquet Droz, and it is not surprising that the watch… Read More ›
Baselworld 2012 : Jaquet Droz Eclipse – the ‘dark’ and the ‘light’
A brand that still somehow seems to fly under the ‘major league’ radar, Jaquet Droz has a quite distinctive style, particularly for its dress watches, but two of JD’s new Baselworld 2012 models, part of their ‘Majestic Beijing’ collection, seem… Read More ›
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