Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One Ceramic 280th Anniversary

Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One Ceramic Black 280th Anniversary

PREVIEW NEW COLLECTION 2019:
A POWERFUL NEW TECHNICAL VERSION 

IN BLACK AND BLUE

Sheathed in black ceramic, boasting a dial with blued steel screws and white gold indexes, and worn on a blue canvas strap, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic by Jaquet Droz solidifies its modern, masculine identity.

Designed over two and half centuries ago, the Grande Seconde by Jaquet Droz never ceases to amaze. Marrying every facet of its time and era, this ever-evolving piece reinvents details and finishes with each variation, to both surprise and astound.

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Its “Skelet-One” skeleton version, presented in 2018, marked yet another break: it was the first time the Grande Seconde did away with its dial. In its place: light, lightness and transparency. The Grande Seconde saw both its architecture unveiled and its power laid bare. Sculptural and enhanced, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One began a new chapter in the history of time as told by Jaquet Droz.

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Today, the piece returns with a new feature that gives it added modernity: a ceramic case. With a diameter of 41.5 mm, it’s in perfect harmony with the Grande Seconde Skelet-One’s open movement structure, featuring a black “NAC” coating that intensifies its power and modern, masculine character. Its straight lines contrast with the ceramic case’s skillful finishing, with a satin-finished top just like its lugs. In contrast, its polished sides foster a play of light that is amplified by a double sapphire "glass box” on the top and bottom, offering the largest possible opening onto the skeleton movement. Watch lovers will notice that the movement plate stretches all the way around the case, which itself does away with the casing ring. With this new construction, the gear train is entirely suspended and fixed to the skeletonized bridges that cross over the movement.

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The latter has been the subject of many finishing details that are evocative of the Fine Watchmaking category to which the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic belongs. In pure watchmaking tradition and a clear nod to its heritage, the skeleton movement features blued steel screws that fix together the stainless steel hour circle and the sapphire dial. Each of these screws is “indexed,” meaning they are turned towards the center of the dial.

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For this new Skelet-One Ceramic version, the indexes are made of 18K white gold and the hours and minutes dial is crafted from steel. Vertically brushed, it catches every ray of light, ensuring perfect readability. As for the grande seconde dial, it is made from sapphire to offer an unobstructed view of each of the movement’s details. With the same objective of total transparency, the 18K white gold oscillating weight has been entirely skeletonized to avoid masking the slightest detail of the caliber, which makes a circular revolution around the case. The watch is worn on a blue canvas bracelet. Powerful and exclusive, the Grande Seconde Skelet-One Ceramic continues the centuries’ old odyssey of telling time at Jaquet Droz.

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

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Technical Specifications 

Reference J003525541 - Black Ceramic

Movement
Jaquet Droz 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton mechanical movement,
black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, double barrel,
18-karat white gold oscillating weight
Individual number engraved on the oscillating weight
Indications
Off-centered hours and minutes, large off-centered second
Jewelling     30 jewels
Power reserve     68 hours
Frequency     28,800 v.p.h
Case
Black ceramicDiameter 41.5 mm
Height 12.48 mm
Water resistance     To 3 bar (30 meters)
Dial
Sapphire dial
Hour circle in stainless steel
White gold indexes
Blued steel dial fixing screws 
Hands     Blued steel
Strap
Rolled-edge hand-made blue fabric 
Buckle     Stainless steel and ceramic folding clasp with black PVD treatment


Available 
Reference J003523240 - Red Gold
Reference J003524240 - White Gold
Reference J003525540 - Black Ceramic

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Glashutte Original – Magic of Winter

Glashütte Original – Magic of Winter

Winter Dreams

Glashütte Original reveals the magic of winter

When nature sinks into snow-white silence, winter has arrived. And in this thoughtful time of year it comes to us again, that incomparable yearning for places that enchant us. For people who warm our hearts. And for moments that make us happy.

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Two exceptional timepieces from Glashütte Original participate in the magic of this cold time of year. With cool elegance and the rich traditions of the German art of watchmaking, the Senator Cosmopolite, in shining stainless steel, and the sparkling PanoMatic Luna cast a spell on their admirers.

Multi-facetted and borderless: 

the Senator Cosmopolite
 

As richly facetted as an ice crystal, the Senator Cosmopolite proves the perfect companion  for every journey. The timepiece represents uncompromising precision, whether leading its wearer home to a crackling fire, or to sun-splashed lands far away. Its sophisticated mechanics display the time of day in two time zones at once – taking Standard and Daylight Saving Time into account – in any of the world time zones currently in use. At its heart is the manufactory’s 89-02 automatic movement, a 4-Hz masterpiece assembled by hand from more than 400 individual components, with an off-centre rotor and a 72-hour power reserve.

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This year’s new stainless steel model with dark blue Louisiana alligator leather strap is the latest version to join the ▶️ Senator Cosmopolite line, which debuted in 2015. Executed in the characteristic style of Glashütte Original, the clear design is reduced to its most essential elements. The dial design and layout of the displays make it a pleasure to check the time, even when it’s icy cold outside.

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Wintry colours – dark blue and white with detail accents in black – determine the overall look of the watch. An auxiliary dial framed in silver at 12 o’clock presents the home time and integrated power reserve. The characteristic Glashütte Original Panorama Date is at 4 o’clock, while two narrow windows at 8 o’clock are set harmoniously within the curve of the dial.

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They use IATA international airport codes in three colours to indicate the traveller’s destination. The 24 time zones that deviate from GMT by a full hour are each represented by an IATA code in black; an additional 8 with half-hour deviations present codes in blue, and the remaining three, each with a three-quarter hour offset from GMT, show an IATA code in red. Positioned at 9 o’clock is the newly designed day/night display with a small sun and stylised starry night sky.

Like an ice-covered lake in the winter sun: 

the sparkling PanoMatic Luna

Heavenly details are also the source of the PanoMatic Luna’s fascination. Its refined mother-of-pearl dial recalls a frozen lake mirroring the clear winter sky. The beguiling, shimmering face of the watch is the product of elaborate hand-crafting in Glashütte Original’s own inhouse dial manufactory in Pforzheim, Germany.

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The Panorama Date at 4 o’clock and the intriguing moon phase at 2 o’clock, in which a diamond-cut silvery moon and stars shine from the night sky, also reveal the hand of the artist. The big date, although a characteristic feature of Glashütte Original, remains a rarity in a mechanical ladies’ watch.

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 83 diamonds totalling 1.09 carats lend the PanoMatic Luna the brilliance of ice crystals in the winter sun. Precisely 64 white brillant-cut diamonds adorn the finely polished, 39.4-mm stainless steel case.

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An additional 18 brillant-cut diamonds on the dial’s rod indexes take up this brilliance in an elegant fashion. The glittering ensemble is topped off by a large, 3 mm brilliant-cut diamond on t e winding crown.

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A light blue Louisiana alligator leather strap with pin buckle echoes the heavenly blue of the dial and rounds off the timepiece, which features the manufactory’s 90-12 automatic movement, with subtle grace.

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