The Only Watch 2013 charity watch auction, which occurs every other year in Monaco, is coming up in September of 2013. aBlogtoWatch has created a full list (that we will update as more watches for the auction are released) of…
In the past two weeks, aBlogtoWatch reviewed two affordable dive watches that changed my mind about boutique dive watch brands. And the other end of the price spectrum, there’s Patek Philippe’s lovely new Gondolo 8 day watch; and we examine…
Increasingly, watchmakers are trying to reach that important female demographic. Advertising campaigns for much of 2014 from major watch brands will heavily appeal to women, and more and more brands are looking to reach women watch lovers online. I suppose…
In the third edition of our bi-weekly news roundup, it’s all about Basel, Basel, Basel. Baselworld 2013 has just concluded and while many are understandably quite disappointed that we didn’t get a brand new Daytona, there’s still a lot of…
The Grande Seconde dial made the modern Jaquet Droz watch brand famous. Taken from an interesting 18th century pocket watch with a lovely figure eight style dial, the Grande Seconde wristwatch dial was not only visually appealing, but also resonated…
Museum objects produced by Jaquet Droz Brand Review Replica and his contemporaries (seen here) in the 18th century often take the form of automaton birds geared to emulate in eerie detail actual birds complete with movement and sound. Bird songs…
With the Jaquet Droz Bird Watch Price Replica Grande Seconde Dual Time watch, the Swiss watch maker aims to add elegance to the notion of a GMT-style travel watch. Does it work? Let’s find out… For about 15 years now,…
My love of aventurine inspired me to write about this particular limited edition version of the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Tourbillon – which unsurprisingly is known as the Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine ref. J013014270 (as you’ll see in a moment, a…
A bigger display, positioned on the lower portion in the dial, partially overlaps the hour and minutes display. It is a critical stage of differentiation from other competing watches, bestowing a breathtaking individuality which is very endearing. Even so, a…