The new Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon paves the way for a new artistic horizon, breaking away from traditional designs and towards open-worked mechanics. The Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon displays its watchmaking precision, pushing the founding principal of the skeleton movement to the extreme: a minimum amount of material for the maximum amount of rigidity and light. The skeleton structure is brand new and focuses on straight lines, angles, modernity, and perfect symmetry. Its bridges finished in black, confer a powerful matte appearance. The tourbillon cage follows the geometry of the skeleton movement, with a triple cross shape which, once a minute, aligns perfectly with its bridges.
The 41 mm 18K red gold case is exquisitely finished to house the impressive Jaquet Droz calibre 2625SQ with a 7-day power reserve. This automatic skeleton tourbillon movement features black treatment, silicon balance spring and pallet horns, titanium tourbillon frame, a single barrel, a skeletonized 18K red gold oscillating weight, and a sapphire dial with a smoky quartz base.
The hands, including the seconds’ hand that is attached to the tourbillon cage, have been redesigned to be more slender and majestic. They sweep over the two “multi-tier” dials, of which the first is crafted from sapphire and displays the seconds, minutes, and hours ring, and is adorned with gold indexes. This delicate, transparent choreography is underpinned by a second dial in Swiss smoky quartz that is almost invisible but no less essential, and which plays with light and empty spaces that contrast with the figure-eight shape and in turn enhances the hour display.
The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One Tourbillon is not a limited edition watch and is readily available through the Jaquet Droz authorized dealer network and Jaquet Droz Boutiques.
Sticker Price $152,300 USD. For more info on Jaquet Droz click here.
