Baselworld 2010: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Ceramic Black

Mar 25, 2010,18:48 PM
 

It looks like last year's Perpetual Calender Ceramic was very successful because now the design is being expanded to include the iconic Grande Seconde model.

What do you think?

Is this a good reinterpretation?

The dial is no longer made of black enamel.  It is now black opaline slate.

 




Press release:

"GRANDE SECONDE CERAMICBLACK

Giving concrete form to the mystery of time is the eternal challenge for a watchmaker. Jaquet Droz meets this challenge with the arrival of the Grande Seconde Ceramicblack a watch with truly contemporary elegance that now adds a hint of red to its favorite figure, the number 8.

Scratchproof, inert and produced with exceptional expertise at extreme temperatures, the ceramic of the case symbolizes the values of purity, durability and refinement so dear to Jaquet Droz. The Manufacture has now complemented this exceptionally strong material, the hands in black gold and the dial in opaline black, with a touch of red. The tip of the seconds hand, and the six markers it indicates, are discreetly tinted with the color of love to give the watch a new chromatic signature. It suggests an authentic, highly refined luxury that is entirely contemporary, it brings a new dynamism to the two interlinked circles and it strengthens the compelling power of the number 8, the Manufacture’s symbol of good fortune.

 

Cheers, Mike

 

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I like the dial!

 
 By: aaronm : March 25th, 2010-19:58
at least in the renderings I like it more than the enamel...the contrast from shiny to matte is very nice. I also like the more subdued fonts. A

I like the rendering, but I'd have to see it in person

 
 By: mbogo : March 26th, 2010-09:05
However, I would not buy a ceramic watch (especially at J**D prices). George