In honor of the Year of the Dragon pretty much every single watch company is making a limited edition. Jaquet Droz's submission is both nicer looking then most and has some leigitimate work involved, rather then just scribbling a dragon on the dial and calling it done...like Piaget.
I don't like inlaid rotors as a rule, but this one isn't terrible. It is overdone, but does a nice job of following with the design of the front, pretending to be the remainder of the lizard-like body of the dragon. The 2 stars on the mother-of-pearl are something of a signature design element for JD. The movement is the usual F.Piguet 1150 with JD modifications, basically moving the time dial up.
I don't like inlaid rotors as a rule, but this one isn't terrible. It is overdone, but does a nice job of following with the design of the front, pretending to be the remainder of the lizard-like body of the dragon. The 2 stars on the mother-of-pearl are something of a signature design element for JD. The movement is the usual F.Piguet 1150 with JD modifications, basically moving the time dial up.
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