In the purest of watchmaking tradition, the creations bearing the Jaquet Droz signature have always been grounded in excellence and poetic imagination. They spring from a matrix in which history joins forces with innovation and the gleam of metal enhances the rare beauty of mineral dials. In keeping with this exclusive legacy, Jaquet Droz pursues its quest by introducing two new timepieces of unprecedented elegance.

THE ECLIPSE ONYX

True to its own creative tradition, Jaquet Droz continues to fuel a rich dialogue between its various models, a surprising give-and-take of materials and colors. Building on its unrivalled experience with minerals, Jaquet Droz has endowed The Eclipse Onyx with the moon phase complication and a dial cut from a disc of black onyx. The magical color of the stone provides a marvelous foil for the bright rhodium-plated metal of the eight stars and the moon, whose vintage-style design remains unchanged. Also cut from black onyx, the index reinforces this striking contrast and takes the game of hide-and-seek to a whole new level in its high-precision interaction with the smiling moon face.  

Otherwise, The Eclipse Onyx retains its perfect overall balance, featuring streamlined hours and minutes hands, the graphic yet sensuous curves of the date hand topped with a silvery crescent moon, and apertures displaying the day and month appearing in white against a black background. Although its visual harmony has been fully preserved, The Eclipse Onyx takes liberties with the codes of watchmaking: for the first time, a steel case is used for a watch with complications. Reflecting the strength of a metal and the forcefulness of a mineral as well as delicacy and mechanical complexity, The Eclipse Onyx asserts its evocative powers and its aura of masculinity with utmost refinement. 

GRANDE HEURE ONYX

Surprising the eye with its artistic prowess as well as its technical excellence, the Grande Heure Onyx takes a revolutionary step in luxury watchmaking. A disc of onyx, cut with great care by the master dialmakers at Jaquet Droz, brings out all of the magic of monochromatic black. It's as if time had been completely reinvented on a dark night, full of dreams and poetic imaginings. True luxury implies a large measure of freedom: no connoisseur will begrudge the minutes or seconds needed for its appreciation. Actually, the minutes and seconds have vanished from the face of the watch... until all that remains is a majestic hours hand, making its rounds once a day. Completely redesigned to accommodate index markers in the form of Arabic numerals, the dial reflects this new take on the philosophy of time. A visual image whose impact relies on simplicity – black onyx versus bright steel, the balance contributed by its single hand versus the generous curves of the case – the Grande Heure Onyx expresses the purity favored by Jaquet Droz and is certain to delight watch aficionados. For these connoisseurs, there is much more to time than taking the frenzied pulse of everyday life: the mystery of its passing and the magic of its daily rebirth are an endless source of fascination.