The luxury conglomerate's multi-brand concept boutique is coming to New York and Las Vegas...

The aisles were alive with the sound of music at the Baselworld watch fair this year. Minute repeaters chimed to the antics of jaquemarts and music boxes tinkled out tunes ranging from classical Bach to classic rock, adding a new sensory component to this annual carnival of watches. Some of these watches are actually tiny […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Grande Second Quantieme 2013 by Jaquet Droz. Launched this year at Baselworld, the newest version of the first Quantieme launched in 2011 created in a choice of two beautiful designs in chocolate brown and blue. The Grande Second Quantieme 2013 features a 43 mm stainless steel case which houses an automatic […]

Details on the new Tourbillon boutiques opening in Seattle, Dallas and Las Vegas...

En fusionnant les savoir-faire les plus exclusifs des artisans de Jaquet Droz, la Petite Heure Minute Relief Saisons se dévoile comme une nouvelle performance esthétique réinventant la tradition.

Haute Time looks at the most unique musical timepieces on the market...

Watchmaking is entering a blue period, with dials in all shades of this vibrant color, and not just for sports watches. Blue dials have traditionally been used for the dials of diver’s watches because it is widely believed to be the most highly visible color underwater. The Omega Seamaster Good Planet combines it with orange […]

Jaquet Droz has built a reputation for its exquisitely finished dials, and those dials were on full display at Baselworld this year. As a Swatch Group brand – the largest maker of movements in Switzerland – Jaquet Droz has also introduced its share of complicated timepieces, but it is the display of those functions and […]

Being at Baselworld, you get access to some of the most amazing pieces, including limited edition productions that are so rare the chances of seeing them again is very slim. During BaselWorld 2013, I got to see one such piece – Jaquet Droz’s creation called “The Bird Repeater”. This watch pays respect to company founder […]

As someone who has covered the ladies’ watch market since it exploded in the early 2000s, I have never been so inspired by the previews so far of ladies’ pieces being introduced in Basel later this month. Ladies watches went through three stages: first came smaller versions of men’s watches; then came hyperfeminine colors, including […]

Anyone who’s seen the movie Hugo –that love letter both to the history of the cinema, and to the fascination of complicated mechanics –knows what an automaton is. Pierre Jaquet-Droz, the watchmaker whose name is now that of the creator of some of the world’s most beautiful horological works of fine art, was famous not […]

Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz was especially proud to hear that Martin Scorsese and his film, HUGO took home its five Academy Awards this past Sunday—including one for Best Cinematography. In a recen LA Times article, Mr. Dick George, the prop maker for the film, credited Jaquet Droz automatons as his inspiration for the robots in […]

Distinguished Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz announced their launch of a micro-site dedicated to the brand’s historical automatons and its recent exposition tour, “Automates et Merveilles.” Pierre Jaquet Droz was not only considered an imaginative watchmaker but well known for perfecting and selling sophisticated automatons. His work culminated with three humanoid robots: The Writer, The Draughtsman […]

Since they first met more than three centuries ago, Jaquet Droz and China have been steady companions. Today, the Manufacture is celebrating the Chinese New Year with the Petite Heure Minute Dragon, a precious timekeeper that sparkles with exceptional brilliance. Long a creature of legend in Chinese civilisation, the Dragon has always fascinated men and […]

Prestigious watch brand Jaquet Droz is debuting a new timepiece, with three different looks, in celebration of its long standing history in the world of luxury goods. The Petite Heure Minute is sleekly and simply designed with a 2653 self-winding mechanical movement. Choose the watch in either azure blue stone, white ivory enamel or mother-of-pearl. […]

The odd member of the so called “prestige brands” of high-end luxury watch makers under the Swatch Group umbrella has always been Jaquet Droz. The brand’s history is linked to a man (Pierre Jaquet Droz) who created moving dolls in the 18th century called “automat.” These were machines existing somewhere between puppets and robots. These […]