Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Deadbeat Watch Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 It is funny how trends develop in the watch world, especially for relatively high-end, obscure complications. Once strange and relatively unique, the dead beat seconds complication is having a veritable renaissance perpetuated first by the more hip independent watch makers and now entering the mainstream of high luxury timepiece creations.
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Dual Time Watch Hands-On Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 With the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Dual Time watch, the Swiss watch maker aims to add elegance to the notion of a GMT-style travel watch. Does it work? Let's find out... For about 15 years now, the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde has been among the more characterful dress watches around
Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Watch Hands-On Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 Increasingly, watchmakers are trying to reach that important female demographic. Advertising campaigns for much of 2014 from major watch brands will heavily appeal to women, and more and more brands are looking to reach women watch lovers online. I suppose they feel that us men are already well served? While
Jaquet Droz Grande Heure One Hand GMT Watch Hands-On Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 What I like about the Jaquet Droz Grande Heure GMT watch is that it has a rather self-explanatory appeal. I don't need to discuss at length its technical merits or history to get you excited. What you have is a clever adaptation of the one-hand watch design mixed with the
My First Grail Watch: Manuel Emch Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 Welcome back to an original aBlogtoWatch feature, "My First Grail Watch." In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, we're speaking with Manuel Emch, who, along with being a watch designer, was at the helm of Jaquet Droz,
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Quantieme Ivory Enamel Watch Hands-On Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 The irony of the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Quantieme watch was that it was originally released in steel, as a lower-priced model for the high-end brand. This was back in 2011, and we offered a review of the steel Jaquet Droz Grande Second Quantieme watch here. For 2014, Jaquet Droz
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine Watch Hands-On Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 My love of aventurine inspired me to write about this particular limited edition version of the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Tourbillon - which unsurprisingly is known as the Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine ref. J013014270 (as you'll see in a moment, a name that is a bit ironic). Limited to just 28
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Watch Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 Over the past year or two, I have found dial configurations that purposely have things a bit off-kilter catching my eye. Do not get me wrong, I still have great love for a highly symmetrical dial. It is just that, sometimes, you want to mix things up a bit and
Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater Watch Revisited: A Classic Luxury Of Modern Proportions Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 "The Bird Repeater" has a nice sound to it. After writing that sentence, I realized it was a pun, but it is true; this watch both has a catchy name and a sweet chime. Swiss watch maker Jaquet Droz unveiled the The Bird Repeater watch back in 2012, almost exactly
Jaquet Droz Charming Bird Final Version Watch Hands-On With Singing Bellows Jaquet Droz by wholesalewatches - July 24, 20170 It was back in 2013 that aBlogtoWatch debuted the very interesting Jaquet Droz The Charming Bird watch here. Even though it took several years of development to get to that point, it was not until earlier in 2015 that Swiss watch maker Jaquet Droz professed to us that, "Ariel, The