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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PIAGET – Polo 79 Yellow Gold 38mm 150th anniversary

PIAGET – POLO 79 Yellow Gold 38mm 150th Anniversary

 PIAGET POLO
HIGH GOAL, HIGH LIFE

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In 1979, Piaget revealed a watch that would come to define the spirit of the 1980s, which is coming back to life today for the 150th anniversary of the Maison.

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Piaget already had a long-established reputation for elegant watches, but at the dawn of the 1980s the lifestyle of his clients was changing.

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We really had to answer to this particular demand of our customers who are used to getting just dress watches.’ explained Yves Piaget at the time. ‘But now our customers like to do more and more sports. That’s part of the evolution of our lives today. They want to be exquisite, even in sport. They want to wear a better watch, even in their sports. So we created this sport line which is waterproof, shockproof.”

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The answer to that ‘demand’ was a watch known simply as ‘Piaget Polo’. The evocation of the elite sport was entirely in keeping with the elite status enjoyed by Piaget in their Piaget Society. 

 

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Now, 45 years after its first appearance, this historically significant timepiece is reborn as Piaget Polo’79 and still in keeping with today’s Zeitgeist and Piaget Society.

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The 1970s had witnessed the arrival of a number of elegant sports watches, mostly in steel, launched by some of the grandest names of Swiss watchmaking. But there had been nothing like Piaget’s Polo: a masterpiece of modern design that conceived timekeeper and bracelet as one aesthetic whole. And in full gold.

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A noted equestrian, Yves Piaget crystallised his love of horses and the highlife in a single timepiece that became emblematic of the glamour of the 1980s. Piaget’s Polo was equally at home in the nightclubs of New York (Regine’s, Studio 54 to name just a few) as the Polo Clubs of Palm Beach.

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The motif imparted by a construction of alternating polished gadroon and brushed block links continued seamlessly from bracelet, to case, and even to the dial.

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Embracing the wrist like a second skin the bracelet was so skilfully wrought in Piaget’s workshops that it appeared to have been sculpted from a single piece of gold : ‘Piaget Polo’ may have been shock resistant and waterproof, but it refused to compromise on luxury and exclusivity at a time when Piaget only worked with precious metals. 

 

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Advertised as ‘the world’s ultimate sportswatch’, the Piaget Polo was as revolutionary as it was chic.

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Its profile on the wrist was guaranteed by Piaget’s mastery of ultra-thin movements both mechanical and quartz. In 1976 Piaget had launched the famous 7P, at the time the thinnest quartz movement in the world, which equipped early examples of Piaget Polo. By the beginning of the 1980s it was superseded by the even thinner 1.95mm 8P. 

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But the celebrated mechanical calibre 9P was also used to make certain models of Piaget Polo. Such was the model’s popularity that it soon appeared in an array of variations : round, square, gem set, bi-colour gold, time-only, perpetual calendar… it even appeared on a leather strap.

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Piaget Polo 79 returns to the purest expression of the original design, albeit with a few subtle updates. In line with current tastes the quartz calibre has been eschewed in favour of the ultra-thin 1200P1 in-house self-winding calibre that can be admired through the crystal back of a case that has been slightly enlarged to 38mm.

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Otherwise, it is the same masterpiece executed entirely in 18 carat gold that dazzled the jet set 45 years ago and is already beloved by the people in the know.

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There are many elegant sports watches, but only Piaget’s Polo 79 is a sports elegant watch.

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ABOUT PIAGET  

Piaget epitomizes daring creativity – a quality that has continued to permeate through the Maison since its beginnings in 1874. From his first workshop in La Côte-aux-Fées, Georges-Edouard Piaget devoted himself to crafting high-precision movements in a feat that formed the very foundations of our pioneering name. In the late 1950s, Piaget unveiled the ultra-thin movements that would later become the Maison’s trademark and the cornerstone of the Alti-plano collection. As a true innovator of the watch and jewellery world, Piaget strongly believed in creativity and artistic values. It is within the walls of our “Ateliers de l’Extraordinaire” where master artisans continue to harness rare skills that have been preserved and perfected from generation to generation, transforming gold, stones and precious gems into dazzling works of art. Through its pursuit of masterful craftsmanship, the Maison has created emblems of daring excellence channeled into its collections including Piaget Altiplano, Piaget Polo, Limelight Gala, Possession, Sunlight, Piaget Rose and Extremely Piaget.

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#PiagetSociety
#150Anniversary
#150YearsPiaget
#HouseOfGold
#MaisonOfExtraleganza

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: POLO 

Model: POLO 79 Yellow Gold 38mm

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 Ref.  G0A49150

Movement
Type: Manufacture self-winding ultra-thin movement
Calibre  1200P1
Thickness: 2.35mm
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Number of jewels: 25 jewels
Power reserve of 44 hours
Functions/Indications: Hours, Minutes
Finishing:
Beveled bridges, Circular satin-brushed back, Sunburst satin-brushed bridges, Circular or sunburst-brushed wheels, Grey colored screws
Piaget historical logo on the hour disc, with 2 circles at 7 and 4 and small plat at 2:30.
“La Cote-aux-Fees” and the Manufacture's coordinate engraved onto the ratchet wheel.
Case
Material: 18-carat yellow gold
Diameter: 38mm
Thickness: 7.45mm
Crystal: Sapphire with double-sided antireflective coating
Back: Screwed with sapphire crystal
Water-resistant to 50 meters (5 ATM)
Weight nearly: 200g
Dial
18-carat yellow gold dial and hands
Bracelet
18-carat yellow gold bracelet

• Development time: 6 years
• Five patents pending

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🔴 PRICE:   available CHF 79,000 /$ 83,000 / € 80,500  💰

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