Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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

Jaquet DrozGRANDE 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 JoviEdition

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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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Press Release - 2024
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Allée du Tourbillon 2
CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
press@jaquet-droz.com
tel +41 32 924 28 72 · fax +41 (0) 32 924 28 82
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