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The Jaquet Droz La Chaux-de-Fonds 1738 watch collection pays tribute to the first workshop inaugurated by the celebrated craftsman and watchmaker Pierre Jaquet Droz in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, in 1738. Following the illustrious craftsmanship laid down by its founder,the Jaquet Droz La Chaux de Fonds watch collection is composed of an assemblage of beautiful timepieces -- "Les Lunes" a complete calendar with pointer date and pointer moonphase indication; "Les Deux Feseaux", a watch that displays two timezones, and a 24-hour indication; "Les Douze Villes" a highly romantic watch that displays 12 different world cities at the press of a button; the "Chronographe Monopoussoir", the world's only column-wheel controlled selfwinding chronograph watch that incorporates a 12-hour totalizer, and the "Les Longitudes" watch, which displays two separate hour subdials, as well as small seconds and date subdials, in a perfectly symmetrical arrangement that surround the minute hand. All of these precious timepieces are crafted in 18K gold exclusively, and are offered in three dial variations, which bring new emphasis to the art of dial making, utilizing such labor intensive techniques as "grande feu" enamelling, haute de gamme applique, and the use of rare minerals and materials. Many of these exquisite works of horological art are offered in extremely limited series. The selfwinding movements which animate these Jaquet Droz watches are selfwinding, and are decorated according to classical Swiss traditions of excellence. For those who seek the highest stratosphere of haute horlogerie, the Jaquet Droz La Chaux de Fonds 1738 watch collection proposes three exceptional offerings, an equation of time, a bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, an equation of time, and a manually-wound tourbillon minute repeater.
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