Chicolini
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Back from Geneva and wearing this today. I had to shoot a video so
dressed up a bit and thought the Jaquet Droz Paillonee would do the trick. This is a very interesting watch. The dial is a blue enamel (or lacquer?) over a guilloche dial as the base. You can see it in one of the photos by looking at the left side of the watch in the light. The gold leaf “Paillons” are actually from the 18th century and are then placed in the dial. I’ve included a closeup to show what they look like. Hope you enjoy.
I returned from the Patek trip and will post photos and a report when I come up for air.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying summer!
Back from Geneva and wearing this today. I had to shoot a video so
dressed up a bit and thought the Jaquet Droz Paillonee would do the trick. This is a very interesting watch. The dial is a blue enamel (or lacquer?) over a guilloche dial as the base. You can see it in one of the photos by looking at the left side of the ...
No sir. They have no watches to sell. It’s a
very strange watch market these days. No one seems to have product. Is it supply or demand? I’m told it’s a demand issue. These days you are lucky if you are “allocated” a watch.
Thanks, Yacomino. Hope you’re well
and enjoying this last bit of summer. It went by fast!
Grazie Mille, Dottore! Michelle and I
are off to Italy September 8th for three weeks. Can’t wait. Be well my fine friend.
Absolutely amazing work
From far it is a very nice watch but… …the closer you look the better it is to reveal its beauty ! That’s a watch for a gentleman with excellent taste Big congrats my friend, wear it in the best of health !
Well captured!...
As you know, it is not easy to shoot the sunburst guilloché through the fired enamel. The enamelling is said to be between 7 and 11 coats, each separately fired. This is according to an amazingly detailed reference post on 'The Amazing Anita Porchet' whic...
JD has a long history of selling to China 🇨🇳, and
8 is an auspicious number in Chinese 😃
To be even more precise, there was an actual pocket watch from around 1785...
... that featured this dial layout with a big second indication and that figure 8 design, most probably at least partly also for the reasons stated above. It is remarkable in many ways, because at that time "accuracy to the second" was not known from pock...