====== Jaquet Droz ======
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  *See also [[Jaquet-Droz, Pierre]] and [[Coopérative de Fabricants Suisses d'Horlogerie|FH/Jaquet-Droz]]

**Jaquet Droz** is a Swiss watch manufacturer, currently part of the [[Swatch Group]]'s Prestige and Luxury division.

===== History =====
The company is named after [[Jaquet-Droz, Pierre|Pierre Jaquet-Droz]] (1721-1790), a famous [[Neuchâtel]] watchmaker. Pierre Jaquet-Droz was a brilliant manufacturer of watches, clocks and so-called "Automatons", mechanically driven characters. These machines were legendary world famous, and their inventor was almost burned at the stake for alleged witchcraft.

A new watch company named Jaquet Droz SA existed in the mid-20th century to no great renown. The firm dissolved in [[1963]].

The Jaquet-Droz name was revived as a shared brand by the [[Coopérative de Fabricants Suisses d'Horlogerie|Coopérative de Fabricants Suisses d'Horlogerie (FH)]] in [[1965]]. For nearly 20 years, a wide range of "Jaquet-Droz" branded watches were distributed and sold worldwide but produced by "150 manufacturers." It was later incorporated as [[SAH]]. This concern finally failed in [[1983]].

The Jaquet-Droz brand was re-launched at [[Basel Fair]] in [[1993]]. This brand, funded by [[Investcorp]], was unrelated to either former concern. François Bodet and Yves Scherrer, formerly of [[Breguet Group]], acquired the rights in [[1995]] and began producing replicas of Jaquet-Droz automatons before launching an upscale line of Jaquet-Droz branded watches. A [[1999]] infusion of cash from the investment firm, Cuopla Group betrayed the firm's dire financial state. In [[2000]], [[Swatch Group]] purchased Montres Jaquet-Droz SA, integrating it into its luxury watch group and moving it to [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]].

===== Jaquet Droz Today =====
Today's models embody both classic style, restraint and value. They are noted for their artful characteristics and "spangled" ​​dials, in which the traditional [[enamel]] method "Grand Feu Noir Absolu" is used. As part of the [[Swatch Group]], Jaquet Droz draws from many manufacturing sources, including [[Manufacture Blancpain]], which supplies movements.

Jaquet Droz produced "between 4,000 and 5,000" timepieces in 2013 according to company President, Marc Hayek.

===== Address =====
Montres Jaquet Droz SA\\ Rue Jaquet Droz 5\\ CH-2300 [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]]

Tel. +41 32 911 28 88\\ Fax +41 32 911 28 82

===== Weblinks =====
  *[[http://www.jaquet-droz.com/|Jaquet Droz]]
  * [[http://www.wthejournal.com/en/news/view/marc-hayek-cautious-but-confident|Marc Hayek, cautious but confident]]
  * [[https://grail-watch.com/2021/04/22/the-forgotten-history-of-jaquet-droz-switzerlands-shared-watch-brand/|The Forgotten History of Jaquet-Droz, Switzerland's Shared Watch Brand]]


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