Jaquet Droz

Tweet Monochrome’s new contributor, Dr. Watch, dives into the history of Jaquet Droz. Last week we brought you an insight in the early years, this week we’ll take a look at more recent developments. When I dived into the history of Jaquet Droz recently and found the roots of the company date as far...
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Tweet It´s a funny thing with brands: we can hardly imagine today that there used to be a time that practically every name of a customer, retailer or group of collectors, could be easily stamped on a dial, movement or case. The now prestigious names of established brands were hidden away, either engraved in...
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Tweet The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde is a very recognizable watch and I think many watch aficionados who hardly know the brand, will still recognize this watch and maybe even ‘name’ it. A very beautiful and elegant watch! The perfect gentlemen’s wristwatch? Jaquet Droz is one of those brands you won’t find much information...
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Tweet On September 24th the charity auction Only Watch will be held in Monaco. Many of the most prestigious Swiss watch brands created a unique watch for this charity event that is held during the Monaco Yacht Show. All the proceeds of the Only Watch charity auction will be donated to the research of...
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Tweet Jaquet Droz did of course have some new watches at Baselworld this year. The coolest thing they showed however was not a wristwatch… First we go back in time… Pierre Jaquet-Droz was the founder of the modern manufacture Montres Jaquet Droz. The Swiss-born watchmaker lived from 1721 until 1790 and lived in Paris,...
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