I covered the Tourbillon Orbital Confucius in Jacob Co Replica watches an article last year (click here) on FW.Photo courtesy of Jean Dunand. Standing is Thierry Oulevay, sitting behind his desk is Christophe Claret.This year, Suryia Hill arranged another meeting with Thierry Oulevay of Jean Dunand to show us something even more mind boggling, a time piece called the Palace. Now, before I am going to write about the Palace, I think it is useful to understand the brands name, Jean Dunand. Both founders of Jean Dunand, Christophe Claret and Thierry Oulevay have a fascination for the Art Deco style. Jean Dunand is the name of a Swiss lacquer and even considered to be the greatest lacquer artists of the Art Deco period. Jean Dunand lived from 1877 till 1942 and during this period (1880-1930) he was witness of electricity, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, sky scrapers, the wrist Jacob Co Replica watches and of course the construction of the Eiffel Tower.
Last year in Basel, during the BaselWorld 2009 show, I was introduced to Jean Dunand by my friend Frank (Monochrome), Suryia Hill (Sparkle) and Ian Skellern. Truth to be told, I had not taken the time to read about Jean Dunand time pieces and boy did I regret that. Luckily, Thierry Oulevay (owner of Jean Dunand Pieces Uniques) had enough patience to explain about Jean Dunand and his exceptional time pieces. The Jacob Co Replica watches Tourbillon Orbital he showed me was a master piece that was simply stunning.
