Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentinite Limited edition of 88 pieces -Cars Automobiles

The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentinite, available in a limited edition of 88 pieces, continues the heritage, innovative spirit and aesthetic sophistication of the founder Pierre Jaquet-Droz and reinforces the 8 modern core values of the 281 year old studio.

Having used everything from aventurine to extraterrestrial meteorites, Serpentinite's natural brilliance is now the latest in the Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentine Limited Edition of 88 pieces.

Jaquet Droz has focused on its eight core values ​​since the resurgence, including its limited edition exotic minerals brand. The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon The Swiss Serpentinite embodies this watchmaking ethos and makes Serpentinits front and center of it objet d'art, The dial of the latest Grande Seconde Moon takes from the steep slopes of the Matterhorn, near the Hörnlihütte, the legendary base camp of the Matterhorn's first ascent in 1865, to hewn slabs of rock and adds adventure to the exquisite wardrobe.

The face of this limited edition of Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentinite looks like a scale with a texture similar to snake skin, perfectly complemented by the second hand and date dial with an opening for the radiant moon phase complication. The serpentinite lunar disc fits perfectly into the dial and is beautifully broken by the hyper-realistic structured 22-carat white gold moon and 18-carat white gold stars.

The heart of the Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentinite beats Jaquet Droz 'in-house 2660QL3 caliber with a 68-hour silicon coil spring. Its true goal, however, lies in an astronomical rather than a horological phase of the moon. The former is technically for its moon disk with 135 teeth compared with 59 for a horological moon phase. This guarantees an accuracy that needs to be corrected only every 122 years and 46 days.

It is highly unlikely that you would ever touch the dial of your latest Grande-Seconde moon (and do not want – the material is particularly brittle and slightly scratched, a testament to Jaquet Droz artisans) soft to the touch.

Grande Seconde Moon Swiss Serpentinite Price and spec

Move Automatic in-house caliber 2660QL3 with 68 hours power reserve
case 43mm stainless steel with 30 meters power reserve
belt Handmade alligator leather
price CHF 18-800

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