Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Ivory Enamel Automatic (Ref. J006033200)
The new Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Ivory Enamel (Ref. J006033200) automatic wrist watch is delivered in a finely crafted, albeit slightly oversized red gold body and features the most elegant hand-made dial that features rare (and very expensive, since the process cannot be automated) Grande Feu enameling, off-centered sub-dials forming figure eight and a nice mix of Roman and Arabic numerals.
The watch sports a rare “off-centered” design of its dial with its small seconds sub-dial located at 7 o’clock.
You can’t even call it “small seconds” since the display is even larger than the hours and minutes sub-dial, which is placed at 2 o’clock. Well, that’s why the watch has the “Grand Seconde” part in its name!
Another nice thing about this layout is that the axes of both sub-dials seem to form an isosceles triangle with the red gold setting crown, which is ergonomically placed at 4 o’clock.
As you can see on the photos, there is a nice twist to its overlapping sub-dials. Although featuring nine Roman numerals that are printed around the chapter ring, the smaller hours and minutes sub-dial has the numerals converted to Arabic ones in the sector where it overlaps with the “large seconds” display.
Like their last year’s Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Quantieme model, the new watch is presented in the same slightly oversized body 43 millimeters in diameter, which is now crafted from a much more expensive 18-carat red gold alloy.
There is no info regarding its thickness, but, taking into account that both models share different versions of the same base movement, there is a good chance that this model will, too, belong to the range of ultra-thin automatic watches.
While many watchmakers resort to decreasing working frequency of their movements in order to provide them with more juice, Jaquet Droz solved the problem with a less popular double-barrel design. Despite beating at the usual frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, the caliber stores enough power for the watch to tick for almost three days (minimum 68 hours) in a row.
Photos: Jaquet Droz
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Ivory Enamel Automatic (Ref. J006033200) watch specification
Price: TBD
Movement: Automatic, caliber JD 2663A, double-barrel, in-house, Swiss Made
Number of jewels: 30
Movement frequency: 28,800 vph
Power reserve: 68 hours
Movement decoration: 22-carat white gold oscillating weight
Functions: Hours, minutes, off-centered subsidiary seconds
Case material: Red gold, 18-carat
Bezel material: Matches case
Crown material: Matches case
Case shape: Round
Bezel shape: Round
Case size: 43.00 mm
Case height: No data
Lug width: No data
Dial: Ivory; Hand-crafted Grand Feu enamel
Numerals: Arabic and Roman
Hour markers: Black
Hands: Red gold
Water resistance: 30 meters
Strap: Rolled-edge hand-made black alligator leather strap with 18-carat red gold ardillon buckle
Crystal: Sapphire
Case back: Sapphire
Evgueni Matoussevitch in Swiss WatchesTags: 30 m, 43 mm, Automatic, dress watch, grand feu, Grande Seconde, J006033200, Jaquet Droz, JD 2663A, red gold, Small Seconds
