GARRICK – S3 Limited Edition

GARRICK – S3 Timepiece 42mm Limited Edition

Following the success of the S1 and S2 models, Garrick continues its ascent ever upwards into the rarefied world of high horology, releasing its latest timepiece, the Garrick S3. This new watch showcases the British brand’s vast expertise and penchant for hand craftsmanship. 

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The S3 features an openworked dial revealing a myriad of components usually hidden from view. Moreover, the new movement, the UT-GO4 calibre, encompasses chatons and peerless finishing, including time-consuming black polishing.

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When Garrick unveiled its S1 model in 2018, it announced to the watch collecting community that the British brand was capable of producing fine watches, rich in technical virtue and hand craftsmanship.

Building on the success of previous models, Garrick has now created the S3, the company’s most technical watch to date.

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The S1 model featured an openworked dial which exposed a series of gears and pinions, positioned atop the mainplate. The S3 is different. The S3’s mainplate is a new design featuring a number of recesses which accommodate the aforementioned parts. These parts sit flush with the upper mainplate surfaces, providing a neater appearance. This specification detail meant Garrick’s watchmakers had to revisit each movement component and, in many cases, relocate parts in order to ensure functionality and augment the model’s aesthetic allure. Ultimately, these various changes led to the creation of the new UT-GO4 calibre.

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Consistent with previous models, the S3 features Garrick’s Maritime hour and minute hands, crafted in-house and heat blued. The hour track incorporates Roman numerals and, once again, is made in-house and thermally blued. A small seconds display and power-reserve indicator complete the inventory of functions. As per the S1, clients can select a discreet nameplate or choose to eschew dialside branding.

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The balance is positioned front of house, in the lower portion of the dial. A prominent bridge spans the balance wheel and is enriched with straight graining and black polishing. The movement is endowed with a Trinity free-sprung balance made of Sircumet, a non-magnetic alloy exclusive to Garrick. A free-sprung balance enhances isochronism and mitigates positional influence on the rate, surpassing the ubiquitous index-adjusted balance. The timing screws affixed to the balance wheel are set in-board, reducing air turbulence and, by default, augmenting precision.

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The gears and a plethora of other components are made in-house using traditional watchmaking machines such as jig borers and lathes. Numerous grey-toned parts are, once again, made of Sircumet and subject to black polishing. This latter type of finish necessitates polishing parts on a tin plate in conjunction with diamantine paste, flattening the surface and delivering a brilliant, mirror-like appearance. The rhodium-plated movement is hand-frosted and features chatons, while the case is offered in stainless steel or 18-carat gold.

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By virtue of its exalted, no-compromise creation, the making of the Garrick S3 is restricted to just five pieces per annum. This latest watch, crafted by hand in Norfolk, showcases the talents of Garrick’s skilled staff and demonstrates that British watchmaking is very much alive and well.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  S3 Limited Edition
Case
    904L Stainless Steel or Gold
    42mm Diameter
    10 mm Depth
    Sapphire crystal with AR coating
    22mm Lugs
    Exhibition case back
    Water Resistant to 100m
Dial
    Gold or Rhodium plated with black polished bridges
    Applied heat blued steel chapter ring
    Hours, minutes and power reserve indications
Movement
    Exclusive Garrick calibre UT-G04 manual wound mechanical movement
    In-house free-sprung balance – tested and regulated to ensure a daily variance of +3 seconds
    Screwed and hand-polished chatons (jewel settings)
    Rhodium plated with black polished bridges
    19 Jewels
    Hand frosted finish
Functions
    Running seconds
    Power Reserve: 45 hours
Hands
    Handmade steel, grained, polished or heat blued Hours, Minutes & Power Reserve
Strap
    Handmade Alligator, calf leather, Buffalo and Ostrich.
Buckle
    316L Stainless Steel pin buckle

Limited edition - to Only 5 pieces per year

Available in steel or gold.

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Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One

Jaquet Droz – GRANDE SECONDE Skelet-One Edition - 2020

THE TWO NEW FACES OF 
THE GRANDE SECONDE SKELET-ONE

Plasma ceramic makes a dramatic entrance alongside red gold. One is steeped in tradition and the other is all about technology. Two new variations of a timepiece that has come to stand for Jaquet Droz’s brazen artistry.

Modern or classic? No need to choose. The Grande Seconde — the face of traditional Fine Watchmaking by Jaquet Droz — triumphed as it roared into the 21st century with the Skelet-One.

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In record time, the creation staked its place as a cornerstone of the watchmaker's contemporary image: bold, creative, modern and on-trend, yet firmly rooted in its origins. Now Jaquet Droz unveils two new versions of its Grande Seconde Skelet-One and each has a unique way of honoring two very complementary stylistic approaches.

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The traditional model features a case made of red gold, a gold alloy that Jaquet Droz admires for its subtle accents of warm coppery tones. Worn on a leather strap with a novel rubber-like finish, it supplements the watchmaker’s semi-mat alligator straps.

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It perfectly matches the gray of the bridges suspending the Grande Seconde's delicate movement. Inside the 41 mm case lies the airy workings of this exclusive Jaquet Droz caliber where every component is meticulously stripped down to its minimum point of resistance. The fully suspended gear train is attached to the movement’s skeletonized bridges raised by an openworked oscillating weight that lets light shine clearly through.

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The modern version, on the other hand, is the first time Jaquet Droz has used plasma ceramic on one of its timepieces. This plasma ceramic is made by transforming white ceramic with gas heated to 20,000°C, giving it a unique metallic glow without adding any metal fragments to the process.

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This core modification maintains all the inherent properties of ceramic. It is just as hard, lightweight and scratch-resistant as high-tech ceramic, a material that has widely stood the test of time.

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The gray anthracite theme carries over to the new plasma ceramic case held by a sleek and modern gray textile strap. It's a creation designed for collectors who simply cannot resist the seductive modernity of a watch whose design hasn't changed in almost 300 years: the Grande Seconde.

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

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection  GRANDE SECONDE

DESCRIPTION

Reference J003523241 - 41 Red Gold 

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Reference J003525542  - 41.5 Plasma Ceramic

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Movement
Jaquet Droz 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton mechanical movement,
black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns,
double barrel, 18-karat red gold oscillating weight
Jewelling     30 jewels
Power reserve     68 hours
Frequency     28,800 v.p.h
Indications 
Off-centered hours and minutes, large off-centered second
Case

• 18-karat red gold case

Diameter Ø 41 mm.
Height 12.30 mm.

• Plasma Ceramic

Diameter Ø 41.5 mm.
Height 12.48 mm.

Individual limited serial number engraved on the case-back.
Water resistance  3 bar (30 meters)
Dial
Sapphire dial.

• Hour circle in 18-karat white gold
  Dial fixing screws in 18-karat red gold

• 18-karat white gold base with gray treatment. 
• 18-karat white gold indexes. 
• 18-karat white gold dial fixing screws.

Hands     Hours, minutes, 18-karat red gold
Date with red varnished tip.
Strap
Rolled-edge hand-made black alligator
Rolled-edge hand-made gray fabric
Buckle

• 18-karat red gold folding clasp
• Stainless steel and plasma ceramic folding clasp

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CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
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