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The Rolling Stones And Jaquet Droz Automaton Watches

By Roberta Naas / March 22, 2023
Jaquet Droz, The Rolling Stones

  Swiss watch brand Jaquet Droz, whose motto is  “Some watches tell time. Some tell a story, ” has a real story to tell with its newest introduction of unique,…

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A Look Back: Six Best Minute Repeaters Of 2021

By Roberta Naas / January 4, 2022
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Minute Repeater

With 2021 behind us, we take a moment to reflect on the best watches of 2021. More specifically, the best chiming watches.  Chiming watches can range from minute repeaters to…

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A Closer Look At Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-Ones

By Nancy Olson / March 8, 2021
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-Ones

By Nancy Olson If you’re loing for a shot of spring in your choice of timepiece, the new Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-Ones will fill the bill. These limited edition…

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Jaquet Droz Celebrates Chinese New Year With Year Of The Ox Watch

By Roberta Naas / February 12, 2021
Jaquet Droz, Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year begins today, and if you are into the Chinese zodiac, you already know that this is the year of the ox. To celebrate, Jaquet Droz creates…

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Call Of The Wild: Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Tiger Watches

By Roberta Naas / June 18, 2020
Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minutes Tiger

This is an updated post of an earlier post. While we haven’t had the opportunity to go hands-on with the  Jaquet Droz Petite Heuer Minute Tiger watches yet, we have…

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Animal Instincts Kick In At Jaquet Droz: Introducing The Petite Heure Minute Tiger

By Roberta Naas / May 27, 2020
Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minutes Tiger

Easily one of the top Swiss watch brands when it comes to artistic talent, Jaquet Droz is long known for its automatons and its hand-painted and hand-crafted dials. This brand…

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Top 10 Chinese Zodiac Year Of The Rat Watches

By Roberta Naas / January 23, 2020
Vacheron Constantin Zodiac Chinese Year of the Rat 2020 Metiers d'Art watch.

For us here in America, the thought of a rat is mostly affiliated with big cities, garbage dumps and all things ugly. We conjour sayings like “you dirty rat” or…

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Swatch Group ‘Time To Move’ Summit: 2019 Watches Coming To Stores Now

By Roberta Naas / August 11, 2019
Inside the hand guilloche workshops at Breguet

Just a few months ago in Switzerland, the Swatch Group held its first annual watch summit for journalists. While some s (including one or two who never even attended) have…

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Behind The Scenes Of The Swatch Group ‘Time To Move’ Summit Unveiling Newest Luxury Brand Watches

By Roberta Naas / May 21, 2019
Blancpain's newest Air Command Flyback.

Last week in Switzerland, the Swatch Group hosted its first-ever “Time to Move” event that heralded the brand’s departure from Baselworld (time to move) and its dedication to its own…

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Swatch Group Leaves Baselworld Fair Says Nick Hayek — Breaking Watch Industry News

By Roberta Naas / July 29, 2018
Swatch Group pulls out of Baselworld 2019. This year's Baselworld already witnessed a decline in exhibitors by the hundreds.

In big news, the Swatch Group has announced that it will not be returning to exhibit at Baselworld 2019. Nick Hayek, CEO of the Swatch Group, said that all of…

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Video: Witness the Jaquet Droz $367,500 Signing Machine Do Its Job … For The Person Who Has Everything

By Roberta Naas / June 29, 2018
Jaquet Droz $367,500 Signing Machine automaton.

Four years in the making, the incredible Jaquet Droz   Signing Machine — an automata unveiled initially four years ago and then officially at Baselworld 2018 in honor of the…

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Watch Collectors Unite: WatchTime New York 2017 Is Around The Corner

By Contributor / October 6, 2017
A glimpse inside WatchTime New York.

The industry event of the year is just around the corner. WatchTime New York brings together some of the most illustrious brands in the watch industry and opens them up…

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Only Watch 2017 Part 2: Meet the Rest of the 49 Unique Watches Being Auctioned (Slide Show)

By Roberta Naas / July 13, 2017
Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Unique Piece Only Watch '17

Earlier this week, we brought you news about OnlyWatch 2017, and showed half of the 49 (thus far) unique watches that are going up for auction in November for the…

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A Close Up Look at Only Watch 2017 Watches, Part 1 (Slide show)

By Roberta Naas / July 11, 2017
Armin Strom Manual Hunt Slonem Edition Only Watch

This November, the seventh annual OnlyWatch auction will take place in Geneva on the 11th of the month. The event is one that pulls the finest watch brands in the…

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Jaquet Droz Unveils ‘Year of the Rooster’ Petite Heure Minute Watch for the Chinese New Year

By Roberta Naas / December 12, 2016
There are two distinct dials for this year's Jaquet Droz Year of the Rooster watches: one painted, one sculpted.

It’s around the corner — the Chinese New Year begins on January 28, 2017, and rings in the year of the rooster.  In celebration, certain watch brands unveil timepieces dedicated to…

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