The Parrot Repeater Pocket Watch is one of Robb Report’s 2018 Best of the Best winners!
The extraordinary timepiece represents the entire spectrum of Jaquet Droz craftsmanship. It also carries on the long tradition of automata originally established by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, pushing new technical, creative and artistic boundaries.
Yury Khnychkin, Robb Report Russia editor-in-chief: «This year Best of the Best Global has celebrated its 30th anniversary. Today it is the most recognizable global project Robb Report, symbolic Hall of fame of world luxury industry. Robb Report Russia, though it cannot boast of that long history, has found its own way of celebrating this milestone birthday: this year's special edition for the first time has presented luxury objects from selected Russian producers. However the principles behind the composition of the Best of the Best list remain unchanged: they are based on comprehensive research of the consumer qualities of the upmarket sector goods and services by our competent experts and their personal expertise. I can definitely recommend any of the Best of the Best list items – you will never be disappointed».
Best of the Best 2018 issue presents a list of goods and services in the following sectors: watches, jewelry, men's fashion and accessories, cars, jets, yachts, hotels and resorts, designs, restaurants, wellness and beauty products, fairs and auctions.
“Some watches tell time, some tell a story”
The “Effinger” clock dated from 1783 and signed Jaquet-Droz, has been sold at CHF 256,000.-, which is more than three times the starting bid of CHF 70,000.-, during the Koller auction on March the 31st 2022.
Jaquet Droz and designer Shirley Zhang unveiled their joint minute repeater watch, alongside its NFT counterpart, at the inaugural Shanghai Jiahe winter auction. A first for both Jaquet Droz and the Shanghai Jiahe auction house.
Jaquet Droz celebrates Chinese New Year for the first time with six unique pieces that pair together, each one taking an artistic approach to represent the Tiger’s iconic attributes.