Jaquet Droz – ATELIERS D'ART Tourbillon DRAGON White Gold 43mm – John HOWE - Unique Piece 2025 Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO 
Jaquet
Droz is reaffirming its commitment to Art in all its forms with the
formation of a creative triptych bringing together a collector, the
artist of their choice, and the artists at Jaquet Droz.
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These
three voices join forces to create a single piece, to the collector’s
specific brief. The artist creates a painting, sculpture or engraving
that is reproduced in miniature by
Jaquet Droz’s
Ateliers d’Art and
incorporated into a
unique hand-crafted timepiece. In this way, the
collector receives two works of art: the original piece and its
watchmaking twin, linked by time.
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This
immersive, collaborative approach gives the collector the opportunity
to keep the soul of their masterpiece on their wrist, and to travel with
it.
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Today,
Jaquet Droz is unveiling the fruit of this creative triptych, with a
43-mm tourbillon in white gold. Its dial has been hand-painted by the
artists at
Jaquet Droz and features a reproduction of a painting by
John
Howe, artistic director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and friend of
the brand. The original work and its reproduction on this watch were
both acquired by the same collector.
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John
Howe and
Jaquet Droz have been working together for five years. Close
neighbours – Canadian
John Howe has lived in Neuchâtel for several
decades – they share a passion for the world of fantasy. For the creator
of the graphic universe of
The Lord of the Rings, it is fantasy film:
the poetry of The
Hobbit, translating
Tolkien's work into gigantic
frescoes brought to the screen by
Peter Jackson.
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For
Jaquet Droz, it is
the fantastic talent of its artists and watchmakers, supported since
1738 by a heritage that is constantly reinvented.
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The
new
Tourbillon Dragon John Howe embodies the coming together of these
very different worlds. Following in the footsteps of its artistic
collaborations with
Shirley Zhang,
Rusudan Petviashvili,
Lara Marino,
Chantal Thomass, the
Rolling Stones and
Bon Jovi,
Jaquet Droz has
offered the owner of a
unique painting by
John Howe the opportunity to
have the artist’s masterpiece reproduced by hand on the dial of their
watch.
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With this in mind, the collector chose the pure aesthetic of the Grande
Seconde Tourbillon, in a 43-mm white gold case, as the “canvas” for this
work of art. The silhouette of the iconic Jaquet Droz “8” features
hours and minutes at 6 o'clock, topped by the tourbillon aperture at 12
o’clock.
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A blued hand on its bridge indicates the seconds, flying over a
silicon escapement that guarantees perfect precision throughout its
8-day power reserve.
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The
reproduction of the dragon imagined by
John Howe is coiled around the
lower half of the dial, which is also in white gold. It is entirely
covered in Grand Feu enamel in a perfectly uniform shade of midnight
blue. The artists at
Jaquet Droz have hand-painted
John Howe's dragon in
infinite shades of grey, giving it a strikingly three-dimensional
appearance.
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There
were two main challenges for the
Jaquet Droz workshop to overcome:
firstly, creating the illusion that the pearl held in the dragon's claws
was luminous, in the spirit intended by
John Howe; secondly, making the
dragon coil 'over' the minute track and the hour circle, to accentuate
the illusion that it is literally coming out of the dial, but without
altering any of the indexes, Roman numerals and railway minute tracks.
It was truly meticulous work, with the finest strokes created with a
single-bristle brush.
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The piece will be given to the collector along with the original
painting acquired from
John Howe.
Jaquet Droz intends to undertake more
collaborations of this kind in the future, where a work of art (painting,
sculpture, engraving, etc.) created for a customer will be paired with a
unique matching work of art reproduced on a watch.
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“Some watches tell time, some tell a story.”
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Collection ATELIERS D'ART
Model: ATELIERS D'ART Tourbillon Dragon White Gold - John Howe Unique Piece
Reference: J0130340021
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Case
Material: 18-carat white gold
Diameter: 43 mm
Thickness: 13.10 mm
Water-resistant to 30 meters
Dial and hands
Deep blue Grand Feu enamel and miniature painting of the John Howe dragon
18-karat white gold hours and minutes
Seconds in blued steel
Movement
Jaquet Droz 25JD
Self-winding tourbillon movement, single barrel
18-karat red gold oscillating weight with black onyx applique and John HOWE logo
Number of jewels: 31
Frequency: 21'600 vph
Power reserve of 7 days
Functions/Indications
Hours and minutes at 6 o'clock
Tourbillon frame and seconds at 12 o'clock
Strap and buckle
Rolled-edge hand-made dark blue alligator
18-karat white gold folding clasp
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Availability: Special presentation BOX
🔰 Limited Edition to Unique only 1 pieces
🔴 Price: CHF 166'000 (incl. taxes)💰 =====================-----
Press Release - 2024
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Allée du Tourbillon 2
CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds 2
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