If you live in or are visiting Las Vegas from September 30th through to November 12th, we have something you won’t want to miss. Jaquet Droz is celebrating 275 years of history with an incredible exhibit called the Enchanted Journey. The exhibit – held in front of the Tourbillon Boutique in The Shops at Crystals, is a traveling display of the brand’s magnificent masterpieces – from watches, to automatons and singing birds.
Dozens of historic Jaquet Droz timepieces will be on display in Las Vegas.
he concept is to enable sophisticated watch lovers and collectors the opportunity to discovers all the facets of Swiss watchmaking and understand how the brand manages to preserve its heritage. This journey through time focuses on classic 18th century designs and brings it through to contemporary works.
The exhibit includes historic pieces, as well as contemporary watches.
Exclusive models from the brand’s artistic workshop include hand-engraved pieces and stunning miniature painted and enamel timepieces. Droz, known for its complex watches and superb dials, will also display some pieces with dials made of extremely rare stones.
Jaquet Droz is known for its artistic dials.
Additionally, the exhibition will include a life-size automaton – a signature of the brand. In fact, back in the 1700’s Pierre Jaquet-Droz won the following of the royal courts of Europe and China with his fabulous human-like automatons and precious musical watches (often with life-like singing birds). Since Jaquet Droz joined the Swatch Group in 2000, the brand continues to perpetuate its history in new and creative timepieces that bring art and time together. Don’t miss the exhibit – after this USA stop, it travels to other parts of the world.
Automatons were a specialty of Pierre Jaquet Droz in the 1700s.
