Jaquet Droz’s newest métiers d’artwork dial is proscribed to only eight items and makes use of historical enameling to indicate off its beautiful design and technical prowess. The Petite Heure Minute Smalta Clara Hummingbird is the newest timepiece in Jaquet Droz’s legendary assortment of hand-crafted limited-edition ornamental dials.
The model immediately creates timepieces which are a mix of artistic endeavors and technical wizardry utilizing valuable minerals, uncommon woods, and age-resistant enamel to differentiate every masterpiece. In-house artisans excel at plique-à-jour (or ‘Smalta Clara’ in Latin) enameling – a method that calls for a uncommon dexterity for a naturalistic, vigorous, and distinctive composition – to painting what primarily is a shocking stained glass window for the wrist. This extraordinarily exact approach dates again 1,500 with solely a handful of artisans educated to do it, which means that every piece shines with individuality and delicacy.
Priced at $56,400 every, the 18-karat purple gold case measures 35 mm and sits on a hand-embroidered inexperienced satin strap with 100 diamonds on the bezel and pallet lugs. The mother-of-pearl dial includes a meticulous hummingbird crafted in a delicate gradient of seven shades of inexperienced and an off-centered dial at two o’clock.
The watch comprises the Jaquet Droz automated caliber 6150, with a 38-hour energy reserve and when flipped round, the hen is proven in reverse and the micro-rotor, is engraved with one other likeness of the hummingbird and its feathers.
The Swiss watchmaker dates again to its founder Pierre Jaquet-Droz, who started attracting worldwide reward along with his extraordinary grandfather clocks in 1738 and has used comparable conventional strategies ever since. The Swatch Group bought Jaquet-Droz in 2000 and is the present maker of Jaquet-Droz luxurious watches, destined to revive the model in accordance with its roots however in a contemporary manner.