Jaquet Droz – Tourbillon Skelet Red Gold - BON JOVI - Unique Piece

Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Tourbillon Skelet Red Gold - BON JOVI 40th anniversary - Unique Piece 2024 

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 TOURBILLON SKELET Red Gold - Bon Jovi:
It’s his life

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What more can you want when you've already reached the heights of fame? In a career spanning 40 years, the band Bon Jovi has sold over 130 million albums and its frontman, Jon Bon Jovi, has spanned the decades as a rock star with mass-market appeal, a shrewd entrepreneur and a committed campaigner renowned for his philanthropy.

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Now at this mature stage of his life, his accomplishments are driving him on to new horizons. Among these, his desire for a watch that reflects his personality: exacting, disruptive, unique. The path between his native New Jersey and La Chaux-de-Fonds opened up before him, and could only stop at Jaquet Droz...

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His fans number in the hundreds of millions, but none of them will have this unique watch.

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The Tourbillon Skelet Red Gold - Bon Jovi is in keeping with Jaquet Droz's "Philosophy of the Unique": a piece created by, for and with Jon Bon Jovi, a one-of-a-kind watch which will be owned by him alone - although his fans will be able to draw inspiration from it to create their own.

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Developed in close collaboration with the rock star, this timepiece will be on his wrist for the world tour to celebrate his band's 40th anniversary.

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Featuring a 41-mm red gold case, it brings together the DNA of Bon Jovi and the essence of Jaquet Droz's "Disruptive Legacy".

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It is a timepiece like no other. Its airy design is devoid of a dial. In a taut, edgy, highly contemporary architecture, its movement is secured to the case by a complex geometry of linear bridges treated with black PVD.

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At 12 o'clock, the tourbillon seems to float in mid-air. It is set against a large, hand-crafted white gold applique: the logo features two wings spread out on either side of a dagger, plunged into a heart engraved with the number "40" to mark the group's special anniversary.

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The two hour and minute hands are set here, literally 'at the heart' of the watch, creating a rich symbolism – between the soul and time, the heart and mind – which was particularly important to the artist. Entirely engraved and polished by hand, this logo is an original design that will be used throughout the band's anniversary tour.

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At the heart of this composition, what appears to be one assembly actually comprises many individual parts.

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On one side there are the wings and the dagger, then the heart, and finally the '4' and the '0'. By separating the components, Jaquet Droz was able to given them a specific finish. 

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Satin-brushed, polished and grained surfaces intertwine fluidly and naturally, beneath the unfurled wings which are hand-engraved from a solid gold block. The applique that tops it all bears the artist's name.

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The simple title "Bon Jovi" was actually particularly tricky to create: The text is in the group's own font and also had to be created by hand to reproduce the height, depth, spacing and angles.

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Jon Bon Jovi personally oversaw the creation of this self-winding timepiece with its 8-day power reserve. His philosophy in life is summed up perfectly in one of his greatest songs: "It’s My Life".

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“Create your own. As unique as you are”

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  GRANDE SECONDE

Model: Tourbillon Skelet – Red Gold - Bon Jovi – Edition

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Reference: J0135230061 

Unique piece 1/1

Case
Material: 18-karat red gold case.
Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 13.36 mm
18-karat white gold crown and tube
Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)
Dial and hands
18-karat white gold dial, hand-engraved
Hand 18-karat red gold
Movement
Caliber Jaquet Droz 2625SQ
Self-winding skeleton tourbillon movement,  black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, single barrel, 18-karat red gold oscillating weight
Jewelling   30 jewels
Power reserve of 8 days.
Frequency     21,600 v.p.h.
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds Tourbillon
Indications     
Off-centered hours and minutes at 6 o'clock.
Tourbillon frame and off-centered seconds at 12 o’clock. 
Strap     
Rubber strap
Buckle  18-karat red gold folding clasp

🔰 Limited Edition  to Unique only 1 pieces

🔴 Price: CHF 218'000 (incl. taxes)💰

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Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Tourbillon Skelet – Skull Pink Pointillism - Unique Piece

 

Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Tourbillon Skelet – Skull Pink Pointillism Black Ceramic 42mm - Unique Piece 2024 

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TOURBILLON SKELET CERAMIC - SKULL PINK POINTILLISM:
DEATH NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD...

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Rarely has a Tourbillon Skull gone to such lengths. Chic yet punk, perfectly controlled yet completely untamed... A skilful combination of extremes, executed by the master Artisans at Jaquet Droz. A unique piece crafted by hand in a bold pink set in an intense black ceramic case, it offers a vision of time suspended between life and death; a carpe diem encapsulated in a watch as audacious as it is elusive.

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There will only ever be one piece, as it was born from the imagination of a single collector. Jaquet Droz brought this vision to life. The Tourbillon Skull Pink Pointillism is a meeting of minds. On the one side, a lover of fine watchmaking who has pushed the boundaries of tradition to create their own. 

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On the other, a master watchmaker with expertise in this tradition dating back over 250 years, today offering a vision of Disruptive Legacy that straddles the centuries and the arts to produce unique pieces of great beauty.

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At the heart of the piece lies the Jaquet Droz Tourbillon Skull movement, an original creation that is a skeletonised, atomised version of the famous figure-of-eight design. At the top is the tourbillon, mirroring the off-centred hours and minutes at 6 o'clock. 

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Over the suspended skeleton architecture, a hand-sculpted and hand-painted 18-karat gold skull offers an unnerving interpretation of tempus fugit. The piece conveys the passage of time with the skull, the classic element of still life, combining it with the brightest and happiest of colours, a bold, striking pink.

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What truly makes it stand out is a technique dear to the Jaquet Droz Artisans: pointillism. Almost all of the skull is covered with dots of paint – more than 3000 in total – individually applied by hand with brushes, some of which have only a single bristle. 

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The shades of pink enhance the geometry of the calibre, a modern, structured design which highlights both the material and the movement, and the spaces between. With perfect harmony, this composition is set inside a ceramic case of an uncompromising and intense black, which reinforces the contrast with the pink of the skull and the textured rubber strap that accompanies it.  

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Studio 8 at Jaquet Droz was instrumental in allowing the collector and artisans to share a vision. This hub of cutting-edge technology in La Chaux-de-Fonds allows remote customers to be virtually present at each stage of the creation of their timepiece.

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From the brief to the 3D model, and for the validation of all the technical and aesthetic choices, Studio 8, with its integrated 4K cameras allowing digital immersion into the heart of the watch, allows the wildest of dreams to become reality. 

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The Skull Pink Pointillism is no exception.  The spirit gave rise to the method, the material dictated how it was used. Within the equally masculine and feminine 42-mm case beats the Jaquet Droz flying tourbillon self-winding movement with a power reserve of eight days.

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The screws and finishes are all custom-made, including the unique engraving on the oscillating weight. Once again, Jaquet Droz has been able to capture the imagination and personal preferences of a collector to manufacture an exceptional and unique custom piece which truly reflects them.

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  “Some watches tell time, some tell a story.”

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  GRANDE SECONDE

Model: Tourbillon Skelet – Skull Pink Pointillism Black Ceramic – Edition

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Ref.  J0135250151     

.Unique piece 1/1

Movement     
Caliber Jaquet Droz  2625SQ, self-winding skeleton tourbillon movement, 
black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, titanium tourbillon frame, single barrel, 18-karat white gold oscillating weight with black treatment.
Customized engraving on the oscillating weight.
Indications     
Off-centered hours and minutes at 6 o'clock.
Tourbillon frame and off-centered seconds at 12 o’clock.
Jewelling     30 jewels
Power reserve     8 days
Frequency     21,600 v.p.h.
Case     
Black ceramic case. 
Diameter 42.30 mm.
Height 12.41 mm.
Water resistance     To 3 bar (30 meters)
Dial     
Hand-engraved and hand-painted 18-karat gold dial.  
Dial fixing screws in 18-karat white gold.
Hands     Hours and minutes in white gold, seconds in 18-karat red gold with black treatment
Strap     
Rubber strap
Buckle     Ceramic folding clasp with black treatment

🔰  Limited Edition  to Unique only 1 pieces

🔴 Price: CHF 181'000 (incl. taxes)💰

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

Jaquet Droz – ATELIERS 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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Jaquet Droz – DRAGON Automaton Sapphire Lapis Lazuli - Unique piece

Jaquet Droz – ATELIERS D'ART DRAGON Automaton Sapphire Lapis Lazuli 45mm Edition - Unique piece 2023

Jaquet Droz takes personalization to new heights

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Two years ago, Jaquet Droz unveiled one of the most complex automatons ever produced for a wristwatch: the Dragon Automaton, featuring sixteen moving parts and nine animations. Now, Jaquet Droz has gone further still in terms of sophistication and difficulty by adding a sapphire crystal case and a lapis lazuli dial – a stunning feat for what is well and truly a unique piece.

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When the ‘John Howe’ Dragon Automaton was unveiled, some saw it as the last word on the subject: the piece seemed to mark the final destination of a long creative journey with the famed artistic designer for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. Now it’s clear that it was in fact a starting-point. Over the next two years, in the seclusion of its Ateliers d’Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Jaquet Droz strove to draw Art and Watchmaking still closer together, revisiting the canons of both to produce a new blend of creative disruption.

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The symbol of the Dragon goes back thousands of years, spanning every era, continent, and culture; Jaquet Droz has taken it up here, reproducing the sacred beast in grey gold. Each part of the dragon’s body has been handsculpted and then polished and individually engraved to detail scales, claws, and more.

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From the depths of the earth, Jaquet Droz has also wrested a dial made from a single piece of lapis lazuli. While this is not an especially rare stone, a piece this large, this uniform and devoid of cracks is – even more so in a sliver less than one millimetre thick that has been worked on without it being chipped or broken. The longstanding experience of Jaquet Droz Artisans in mineral arts thus offers the Dragon a backdrop of a rare intensity – a stage on which it performs for the best part of fifteen seconds.

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The audacity of this Dragon Automaton piece resides in the way Jaquet Droz has encapsulated this knowhow and the ancient symbols it depicts in a highly contemporary showcase made entirely of sapphire crystal – a glass box like no other, with a diameter of 45 millimetres. The sapphire crystal case is fully watertight, despite a total absence of screws or inserts. None are needed: Jaquet Droz has used a process of which it alone holds the secret to fit the case together to within the nearest micron.

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While the case design required extensive research, a whole new set of technical specifications were needed, too: the original Dragon Automaton was designed to be fully enclosed in a gold case. New tolerances, new finishes, and most importantly new anchor points for the movement had to be devised to suit its new sapphire crystal housing. Unprecedented components were invented and a large number of prototypes developed to ensure nothing would trouble the sheer transparency of the crystal.

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To highlight the contemporary nature of the piece, Jaquet Droz suggests mounting its lapis lazuli Dragon Automaton on a blue rubber strap matching the lapis lazuli on the dial. That is just a suggestion, though: ultimately, it will be up to the future owner of the unique piece to decide on its externals and engravings.

  “Some watches tell time, some tell a story.”

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  ATELIERS D'ART

Model:  DRAGON Automaton Sapphire Lapis Lazuli Edition

Reference : Sapphire 45  

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Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO    Reference        J0327370021 Movement Jaquet Droz 6150, self-winding mechanical movement, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, flat bridges, 18-karat white gold oscillating weight with JH signature and black treatment. Automaton with animation of different parts of the dragon, push-button automaton triggering mechanism.   Functions/Indications Off-centered hours and minutes Mechanical automaton with 9 different animated elements of the dragon: the crest moves, the mouth opens, the tongue comes out, the eye opens and closes, the dorsal section and tail undulate, the dragon's foot moves up and down towards the ball, the ball spins on itself. The animation cycle lasts 10 to 15 seconds. Jewelling 78 rubies for the automaton movement + 29 rubies for the hour and minute movement Power reserve 38 hours Frequency 21,600 v.p.h.(3 Hz)   Case Sapphire case. Customization, identified as a unique piece by a hand-engraving on the case-back. Diameter 43 mm Height 16.96 mm. Water resistance To 3 bar (30 meters) Dial Openworked dial in lapis-lazuli. Hand-engraved dragon appliques in 18-karat white gold. Hand-painted steel eye and tongue Labradorite ball Hands 18-karat white gold Strap Blue rubber strap Buckle 18-karat white gold folding clasp

🔰  Limited Edition  to Unique only 1 pieces

🔴 Price: CHF 490'000 (incl. taxes)💰

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