Tuesday, February 13, 2024

BREGUET – Reine de Naples 8925 Valentine's Day Edition

BREGUETReine de Naples Ref. 8925 Valentine's Day White Gold Automatic Limited Edition 2024

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Reine de Naples 8925
Valentine’s Day Edition

 Breguet pays tribute to Valentine’s Day by adorning the iconic Reine de Naples with poetic references. A new timepiece issued in a limited edition of 28 pieces.

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This new interpretation from the House of Breguet celebrates love with subtle red accents delicately scattered across its white mother-of-pearl dial. 
 
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The flange is set with 66 hand-set rubies, complemented by a bezel featuring a myriad of diamonds and a crown adorned with a cabochon-cut ruby. 
 
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Discreet red hearts mark the hours on an offset chapter ring. The hours and minutes hands follow their passionate path, perfectly complementing the alligator leather strap. Additionally, the lug and folding clasp are adorned with hand-set diamonds.

The movement

At the heart of its 33mm egg-shaped case, 180 parts form the 586/1 self-winding movement with its 38-hour power reserve and 3 Hz frequency. This calibre is equipped with a balance spring made of silicon, a material endowed with numerous properties. 
 
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As well as being resistant to corrosion and wear, silicon is unaffected by magnetic field influences and improves the timepiece’s precision. Whether visible or invisible, the components are all meticulously hand-finished in the Breguet tradition. 
 
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The sapphire-crystal back of the white gold case reveals its platinum oscillating weight, showcasing the Côtes de Genève decoration and bevelling on the mechanism.

A Queen’s watch

During her reign in Naples, Napoleon Bonaparte's younger sister, Caroline Murat was a passionate supporter of the arts, acquiring over 30 Breguet watches and clocks. 
 
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In an era when women wore watches as necklaces, Caroline Murat placed a bold and avant-garde order with Abraham-Louis Breguet: she desired a timepiece that she could wear on her wrist. Thus, in 1810 Abraham-Louis Breguet began to work on this one-of-a-kind timepiece: the world's first wristwatch.

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Conceived by a woman, created by a man this historic timepiece delivered in 1812, with undergoing repairs in 1849 and 1855, is documented in the Breguet archives, retracing the history and characteristics of this watch, which has since disappeared. 
 
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This oblong creation with a silver guilloché dial was extremely dainty and included several complications including a minute repeater, a moon phase and a thermometer. Lastly a bracelet made of hair intertwined with gold threads allowed the timepiece to be worn on the wrist.
 
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  Reine de Naples

Model:  Reine de Naples 8928 Valentine's Day Edition

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 Reference  ART. 8925BB/58/944 D0

Case
Oval case in 18-karat white gold with delicately fluted caseband. 
Bezel and lugs set with 💎73 diamonds (1.062 carats), flange set with 💎66 rubies (0.145 carats), crown set with a ruby (approx. 0.27carat.
Sapphire-crystal caseback.
Dimensions 33 × 24.9 millimeters. Thickness 8.50 millimeters.
Water resistant to 3 bar (30 m).
Dial
Lacquered in white with Breguet Arabic numerals.
Individually numbered and signed Breguet.
Indication of the hour in a window and of the minute by a heart-shaped hand of variable length.
Caliber
Mechanical, self-winding movement.
Caliber 586/1.
10 ¾ lines× 13 ½ lignes. 29 jewels. Numbered and signed Breguet.
Power reserve 38 hours.
252 components.
21,600 vph
It is adjusted to six positions.
Platinum rotor with Cotes de Genève decoration and bevelling.
It features a flat silicon balance spring. 
Functions are: hours and minutes.
Strap
Red alligator leather strap strap with an 18kt white gold buckle set with 💎28 diamonds weighing
approximately (0.164 carats).

Available  in Breguet Boutique around the world

🔰Limited to Only 28 Pieces

🔴 Price: upon request 💰

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Jaquet Droz – Imperial DRAGON Automaton Red Gold – Cuprite Unique Piece

Jaquet DrozATELIERS D'ART Imperial DRAGON Automaton  – Cuprite Red Gold 43 Unique Piece 2024

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JAQUET DROZ PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHINESE CULTURE'S MOST SACRED CREATURE

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A masterpiece of art and engineering, this unique animated piece brings to life the mythical creature at the heart of Chinese culture. Meticulous attention paid to its minute details makes for a truly stunning representation. This unique piece combines the talents of John Howe and the master sculptors, painters and engravers at Jaquet Droz to create a Dragon animated by nine different movements.

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The Dragon is an animal with historic links to Jaquet Droz. The Atelier's founder was one of the earliest official suppliers to the Imperial Court of China, 280 years ago. Today, Jaquet Droz still regularly explores the symbolism of the Dragon in collaboration with John Howe, conceptual designer for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and one of its most consummate connoisseurs.

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The Imperial Dragon Automaton Red Gold – Cuprite embodies this narrative continuity, and continues to enrich it with the deeply disruptive approach of the new Jaquet Droz. It is a modern piece, powerful and unique. It captures the past with both deference and creativity. Respectful yet audacious.

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Its dial is made from cuprite, a stone symbolising strength, energy and vitality, with its bright red colour representing the Dragon's characteristic fire. However, not many people are aware that the Dragon is also associated with rain, which is why the Jaquet Droz Artisans have surrounded its head and tail with clouds painted in shades of gold and ochre. 

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This dragon features all of the distinguishing traits from Chinese culture: two moustache tendrils pointing upwards, a full beard, gently rounded teeth – the Dragon was not necessarily menacing, often representing a benevolent force. 

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Each scale on its body is hand-shaped and hand-patinated. Its toes and claws are disturbingly life-like, which is only accentuated by the movements they make.

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At 6 o’clock, the animal grasps a ball of red jasper, chosen for its properties of attracting success and abundance, and protecting and promoting openness to the world. On it, the Jaquet Droz Artisans have trapped fragments of gold dust beneath a layer of transparent varnish. 

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To showcase the animation, discreet openings cut into the dial above the ball and at three o'clock allow a part of the magic – created by 19 moving parts in total – bringing the nine different animations on the piece to life to be glimpsed. 

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These include the undulating of the sacred animal's spine, the opening and closing of its jaw and eye, the movement of its tongue, the raising and lowering of its crest, and its claws grasping the jasper, which also rotates constantly. 

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The sequence of the animation changes each time it is activated, to retain the magic and mystery for its one and only future collector.

 Some watches tell time, some tell a story.”

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  ATELIERS D'ART

Model: Imperial DRAGON Automaton Red Gold – Cuprite Edition

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Reference: J0327330081  - Unique piece

Case
    Material: 18-carat red gold case
    Diameter: 43 mm
    Thickness: 16.96 mm
    Customization/identified as a unique piece by a hand-engraving on the case-back
    Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)
Dial and hands
    Openworked dial and subdial in red cuprite, hand-painted
    Parts of the dragon in 18-karat yellow gold, hand-engraved and hand-painted
    Hand-painted steel eye and tongue
    Red jasper ball, hand-decorated with gold powder
    Hands: 18-carat red gold
Movement
    Jaquet Droz 6150

    Self-winding mechanical movement, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, flat bridges
    18-karat red gold oscillating weight with JH signature and black treatment.
    Automaton with animation of different parts of the dragon, push-button automaton triggering mechanism.
    Number of jewels: 78 rubies for the automaton movement + 29 rubies for the hour and minute movement.
    Frequency: 21'600 vph (3 Hz)
    Power reserve of 38 hours

Functions/Indications
    Off-centered hours and minutes
Strap and buckle
    Burgundy rubber
    18-karat red gold folding clasp

🔰  Limited Edition  to Unique only 1 pieces

🔴 Price: CHF 363'000 (incl. taxes)💰

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