TOURBILLON
To truly appreciate the value of each passing instant, one must be able to measure it. True to a tradition of acclaimed technical excellence and aesthetic vision that spans three hundred years, Jaquet Droz presents two exclusive timepieces associating one of its most emblematic models – the Grande Seconde – with the tourbillion complication, a masterpiece of precision watchmaking.
Freeing the mechanical watch from the effects of gravity, the tourbillon confers outstanding reliability. Here, it comes enclosed in a white-gold case with a Côtes de Genève dial or a red-gold case with a Grand Feu enameled dial. Once again, Jaquet Droz pushes back the limits of the watchmaker's art by unveiling a tourbillon carriage crafted from sapphire crystal, an exceptional material, also used for the figure-8 shaped ring applied to the dial.
While sapphire crystal is an innovation, Grand Feu enameling draws on venerable tradition. After reviewing all of the creative options offered by the Grande Seconde, our master dial-makers decided to place the tourbillon at the very heart of the seconds subdial, off-centered at twelve o'clock.
The impact of this virtuoso feat of craftsmanship is heightened by the classical beauty of the hours and minutes subdial at six o'clock. The Roman numerals and the tapered, beautifully proportioned hands bespeak quiet elegance, a Jaquet Droz specialty. Striking a harmonious balance between cutting-edge technical performance and a taste for simplicity, these two timepieces not only feature a power reserve of 7 days, but also reveal their inner workings via a transparent case back, through which the movement and the new, personalized oscillating weight may be glimpsed.
Reference
J013033200
Movement
Jacquet Droz 25JD, self-winding tourbillon movement, simple barrel, 18-carat red gold oscillating weight
Indications
Hours and minutes at 6 o'clock
Tourbillon frame and seconds at 12 o'clock
Jewelling
31 jewels
Power reserve
7 days
Frequency
21,600 v.p.h
Case
18-carat red gold, diameter Ø 43 mm
Individual serial number engraved on the case-back
Water resistance
To 3 bar (30 meters)
Dial
Ivory Grand Feu enameled dial. Hand crafted
Hands
18-carat red gold hours and minutes
Seconds in blued steel
Strap
Rolled-edge hand made black alligator leather strap
Buckle
18-carat red gold folding clasp
Reference
J013034240
Movement
Jacquet Droz 25JD, self-winding tourbillon movement, simple barrel, 18-carat white gold oscillating weight with black onyx
Indications
Hours and minutes at 6 o'clock
Tourbillon frame and seconds at 12 o'clock
Jewelling
31 jewels
Power reserve
7 days
Frequency
21,600 v.p.h
Case
18-carat white gold, diameter Ø 43 mm
Individual serial number engraved on the case-back
Water resistance
To 3 bar (30 meters)
Dial
Black matt Côtes de Genève
Sapphire double ring
Hands
Hours and minutes in 18-carat, white gold
Seconds in blued steel
Strap
Rolled-edge hand made black alligator leather strap
Buckle
18-carat white gold folding clasp
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