Jaquet Droz’s “Sports Watch” is a high-end, heavy-duty chrono

Jaquet Droz’s “Sports Watch” is a high-end, heavy-duty chrono

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/06/jaquet-drozs-sports-watch-is-a-high-end-heavy-duty-chrono/

Watchmaker Jaquet Droz makes luxury watches that cost more than some San Francisco apartments. Now, however, they’ve decided to go “downmarket” with their Sports Watch chronograph, a handmade watch that is designed for both work and play.

The watch is a standard chronograph with big date, a complication that displays the date as two digits instead of on a rotating dial. The resulting piece looks like a haute couture Speedmaster and should cost around $15,000, an acceptable sum for a manufacture watch with Droz’s provenance given that other Droz watches can run into the $100,000s, a price that might be less appetizing to the illiquid entrepreneur.

Jaquet Droz’s “Sports Watch” is a high-end, heavy-duty chrono

Nov 6, 2018, 10:29pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/06/jaquet-drozs-sports-watch-is-a-high-end-heavy-duty-chrono/ > Watchmaker Jaquet Droz makes luxury watches that cost more than some San Francisco apartments. Now, however, they’ve decided to go “downmarket” with their Sports Watch chronograph, a handmade watch that is designed for both work and play. > The watch is a standard chronograph with big date, a complication that displays the date as two digits instead of on a rotating dial. The resulting piece looks like a haute couture Speedmaster and should cost around $15,000, an acceptable sum for a manufacture watch with Droz’s provenance given that other Droz watches can run into the $100,000s, a price that might be less appetizing to the illiquid entrepreneur.