Horological Meandering

Has anyone taken delivery or seen a JDN piece?  I was just wondering how the craft and finishing compares:  is it comparable to Lange, does it match PD or KV, does it exceed them all?

as i don't have that kind of money, but i visited his shop in the fall of 2006 and i've seen him working...Daniel Roth's pieces are on the par with Dufour in terms of finishing...considering that he finishes a piece in about 2-3 years you can expect the highest level of watchmaking in a JDN piece...here are some pics from his shop...

 

and myself in front of his house where he does all the work...

 

cheers,

adrian

But they are early examples, JDN is very close to Dufour and Kari in term of finishing. I would rank Dufour First, Kari second and JDN third but all very close.
This watch does exude quality and charm and a very mesmerising piece to stare at
I once find it too decorated but now grow to like it more and more.
*CL

Adrian, John

Cheers guys, this is all very useful - great photos as well!

I’m sure you could find them easily here with the Forum Search function, but here are some images courtesy of Ian Skellern that I saved a while back.

 

They look pretty good to me!

 

Andrew

I think the finishing on this piece speaks for itself.

Cheers
Tony P

Thanks Tony,

Great shots under difficult conditions I bet.

Is that a centrally mounted 60 hour power reserve indicator? Interesting that it goes the opposite direction on the rectangular cased version.

Andrew

thx for sharing!

noticing its dial shares some flavor with montblanc's villerets

Best,
Ed~

Thanks Andrew, Tony, for the additional photos. I don't have a trained eye my impression is that this may well be the next AHCI "golden child". Interesting that there is no radial flip for the "60" on the PRI, but there is on the seconds indicator.