5 - Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Relief Monkey Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Relief Monkey
One of our hottest luxury watch brands to look out for in 2016, Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has created, not one, but two Year of the Monkey timepieces. Both based on the popular Petit Heure Minute timepiece, the Relief Monkey features an intricate dial created from black lacquer, onyx, gold and mother-of-pearl. As with Chopard’s timepiece, the monkey is depicted with peaches as is traditional in Chinese culture and created from hand-engraved red gold. The more classic Monkey timepiece also depicts the animal swinging among peach trees but is this time created through Grande Feu enamelling and miniature painting on an ivory dial. Both pieces also feature a hand-engraved red gold monkey inside the sapphire crystal caseback. Case: 18 karat red gold, 41mm (Relief Monkey), 39mm (Monkey) Strap: Alligator Movement: Calibre 2653 self-winding Water resistant: 30 metres Limited edition: 28 of each version
One of our hottest luxury watch brands to look out for in 2016, Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has created, not one, but two Year of the Monkey timepieces. Both based on the popular Petit Heure Minute timepiece, the Relief Monkey features an intricate dial created from black lacquer, onyx, gold and mother-of-pearl. As with Chopard’s timepiece, the monkey is depicted with peaches as is traditional in Chinese culture and created from hand-engraved red gold.
The more classic Monkey timepiece also depicts the animal swinging among peach trees but is this time created through Grande Feu enamelling and miniature painting on an ivory dial. Both pieces also feature a hand-engraved red gold monkey inside the sapphire crystal caseback.
Case: 18 karat red gold, 41mm (Relief Monkey), 39mm (Monkey)
Strap: Alligator
Movement: Calibre 2653 self-winding
Water resistant: 30 metres
Limited edition: 28 of each version
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