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JEAN DUNAND Pièces Uniques was founded in 2003 by watchmaker Christophe Claret, Switzerland’s leading inventor and constructor of complicated movements for prestigeous watchmakers, and entrepreneur Thierry Oulevay. The purpose of both men was to create advanced and unprecedented horological mechanisms as the basis for unique timepieces, each representing the summit of contemporary watchmaking.

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Palace by Jean Dunand

Palace by Jean DunandPalace by Jean Dunand According to Jean Dunand’s CEO Thierry Oulevay, “The primary inspiration of the Palace is the cultural and societal transformation of Western civilisation during a 50-year period, defined as 1880-1930.” Placing that time span in context, the Palace watch takes its name from the structure that preceded and heralded the age, London’s Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, while sharing aesthetic details with the architectural pinnacle of the era: the Eiffel Tower. At the heart of the manually-wound Palace watch beats a one-minute flying tourbillon. Above it are skeletal hour and minute hands, and… continue

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Grande Complication by Jean Dunand - White Gold & Black dial
Grande Complication by Jean Dunand
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Grande Complication by Jean Dunand - White Gold & Black dial The manually wound Grande Complication wristwatch — 12 complications, 827 parts — joins the JEAN DUNAND stable of superwatches created by one of Switzerland’s leading watch constructors Christophe Claret, and marketed by his partner… continue
Tourbillon Orbital watch by Jean Dunand
Tourbillon Orbital by Jean Dunand
no responses - Posted 08.10.10
Tourbillon Orbital watch by Jean Dunand Launching JEAN DUNAND watches, a continual program of Unique Timepieces, required something more than a mere aesthetic fillip. The watch had to be fresh, original, groundbreaking. At a time when watch connoisseurs are spoiled for choice, a watch commemorating… continue


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