Chimes and Birdsong: Jaquet Droz’s Bird Repeater
Jaquet Droz has channeled the spirit of its namesake, the 18th-century inventor renowned for his complicated automatons and musical clockworks �� many of them using singing birds �� with its new ultra-complicated timepiece, the Bird Repeater.The Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater, as with many other models from this artisanal watch brand owned by the Swatch Group, takes its inspiration from the creations of Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790), a Swiss-born watchmaker who is today better known for his pioneering work in animated robotic dolls, or automata, which he used to help sell his timepieces. The most famous of these �� called the Musician, the Writer, and the Draftsman �� are on display at the Museum of Art and History in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Jaquet-Droz also worked with animatronic birds, including them in many of his famous table clocks, pocketwatches, and music boxes; many of these can be seen today at Jaquet-Droz’s birthplace, the Sur le Pont farm in the watchmaking cradle of La Chaux

Weekend Kick off...
Hey guys... What you wearing this weekend... any plans?I wore my Aquanaut today while window shopping...Starting Saturday I will be off to work... flying all over South East Asia... with my Co-pilot...However... while on a layover... I will be catching up with an old friend of mine who loves watches... Rolex, AP and PP... So I decided to take the following additional watches for our small GTG...I will try to take some photo's and post for you all...Have a wonderful weekend where ever the weekend takes you...

Explorer 2 stopped working!?
Dear friends I would like your suggestion pl. My explorer 2 which I bought in Dec 2015 from iconic watches, Blackburn,UK stopped working suddenly today. I tried winding it completely but still not working. There was no fall or bang on the watch what I could recollect. I am really worried. The watch is still under warranty period (5 years). I am the 2nd owner of this watch though all the stickers were intact when I purchased the watch. It has Portugal dealer stamp on it. I have all the warranty card and box. How do I go about pl? Should I contact iconic watches? Or Rolex UK? I value your suggestions and guidance. Thank you. Kind regardsSent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

DJ41 10 months on....
Some DJ41 performance stuff folk might be interested in if considering purchasing one...I’ve had mine 10 months....1.Wear it for 6 hours per day and I get the full 70hours reserve..2. It keeps near perfect time....+/- 1 sd dependant how the watch is laid down at night.3. Only manually 20/30 winds once a month to keep the winder active, runs at its best just letting the movement do its own thing.4. Not really performance but don’t be too concerned about dings and sctratches they just kinda disappear after a while.5. Pretty robust and is capable of handling the riggers of wearing it out and about, not nesscesary to baby it and wrap it in cotton wool.Still love it as much as the day I got it....blue dial, fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet...

Trying on a few grails...
Picked up a D-Blue today and thought I'd try on a few grails at the AD again. I've never taken the PM Rolex plunge, but I want to really badly after this visit: