Jaquet Droz brings the vision of its historical namesake to stunning life on the dial of the Loving Butterfly Automaton watch.
If there is one name in Swiss watchmaking you can trust to bring the mechanical whimsy, it must be Jaquet droz. BaselWorld can be an overly serious affair, with too many brands falling over themselves to present their watches as technical marvels or objects of pure beauty. Thankfully, Jaquet droz doesn’t need to say much because the watches speak for themselves. With the Loving Butterfly Automaton wristwatch, the firm once more celebrates the history of Pierre Jaquet-droz and his descendants in creating automata.
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