The Swatch Group decided to forgo Baselworld in 2019 and have its 12 exhibiting brands release their latest novelties on their own terms. While we?ve seen a number of releases slowly trickle out throughout the first few months of the year, it?s all led up to the inaugural “Time To Move” event that took place the week of May 14 in Switzerland. WatchTime was one of the select few American publications invited to attend the exclusive brand presentations, and we spent that time meeting with six of the Swatch Group?s most prestigious marques ? Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Glashütte Original, Harry Winston, and Omega ? to view the watches that would be defining the rest of the year. As we continue to focus on the brands’ highlight pieces, we turn our attention today to Jaquet Droz’s updated Grande Seconde Dual Time.
Accompanying the surprise release of the Grande Seconde Monopusher Chronograph at the Swatch Group’s Time to Move event this year was the new-look Grande Seconde Dual Time collection, which received a brand new dial design in four total variations all sized at 43 mm by 13.13 mm.

For this aesthetic update, Jaquet Droz is building on the previous generation’s movement as well as the same figure-eight dial layout that the Grande Seconde is known for. What’s new here is the placement of an azimuthal globe projection (a view of the Earth from the North Pole) in the bottom half of the dial. The globe presentation is execute...