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SUCCESSFUL : Kickstarter: Antoine Tavan 1805 - Jour/Nuit (aka Day/Night) Watch

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At first glance, I almost skipped past this one. But a little digging and this is a pretty legit campaign, considering their pieces tend to run in the four figures and up. Also when you take account the bio listed from the brand owner, Roger Zarzoso:

He has been a watchmaker since 1984 and worked for the biggest Swiss watch brands
- Prototype creation of minute repeater for RPC (Renaud Papi Claret)
- Rolex Daytona chronograph development and assembly
- Chief of a complications workshop
- Chief of watches restoration for Ulysse Nardin.
- He revived the brand Antoine Tavan 1805 in 2008

Antone Tavan 1805 has launched their first Kickstarter for their latest model, the montre Jour/Nuit, aka Day/Night Watch.


There are a few tiers of pricing, depending on what you want.
Kickstarter pricing for a Day/Night watch with just the pin buckle leather strap is about $754
Pricing for a Day/Night watch with a custom engraved rotor and a butterfly leather strap is about $854
Pricing for a Day/Night watch with a custom engraved rotor and two leather straps is about $904
Pricing for a Day/Night watch with a custom engraved rotor, two leather straps, AND early delivery is about $1,005

Estimated delivery is March 2020
Early delivery option is listed as January 2020



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Here's what you get with the Jour/Nuit aka Day/Night Watch:
- It is entirely designed and manufactured in the Antoine Tavan workshop in Le Locle.
- It utilizes an ETA 2824-2 automatic movement modified by Roger to display a 24 hours indication.
- The dial has been crafted from copper, with enamel.
- The dial contains two half circles that are engraved in relief each representing a unique half of the 24 hours day. The upper-scale indicates the daylight hours (from 6 AM/6hr to 6:00 PM/18h) and the other, lower scale indicates the evening hours (from 6:00 PM/18hr to 6:00 AM/6hr).
- The hour hand features a sun on one end and a moon on the other to indicate which half-circle arch is the correct time.
- The 3 steel hands are laser cut and polished by hand.
- There is an opportunity to personalize and engrave a part of the rotor oscillating weight.

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Re: PREORDER: Kickstarter: Antoine Tavan 1805 - Jour/Nuit (aka Day/Night) Watch

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Getting really tempted to back this one.

And giving into temptation.
I'm in.
I mean look at this thing...


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AND there's the fact I still have until Dec to back out if I change my mind.
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Doing more research on the brand, I read on Antoine Tavan's instagram that someone mentioned a similar Cartier model to the AT watch.
That would be the Cartier Pasha Jour et Nuit made for Cartier by Svend Andersen.

Article about the Cartier watch from Fratello - https://www.fratellowatches.com/cartier ... day-night/

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On the Andersen Geneve site, they go more into the history.
The Jour et Nuit started off an a one off piece, which Cartier then commissioned Andersen to produce 125 for their Pasha collection in 1998.
After that run of Cartier watches, Andersen produced their own line of GRANDE JOUR ET NUIT using the Frederic Piguet 15” movement.
They produced a final run with the last of the Piguet movements they were able to acquire and retail prices started out at $59,600

About the GRANDE JOUR ET NUIT from Andersen Geneve - http://andersen-geneve.ch/grand-jour-nuit/

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Couldn't find more information about the background for this piece, but Maurice Lacroix also made their own Masterpiece Jour et Nuit with a single arc. But appears it was also produced after the Cartier watches. And these had a retail price of $4,200

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Definitely appears the Jour/Nuit has cues taken from the Andersen design and quite possibly the Maurice Lacroix too.
But considering the amount of hand assembly involved and still getting a price point below $1K, the Antoine Tavan is an amazing deal.
And a beautiful watch in its own right.
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Alchimus wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:26 pm Darn it... I have been trying to stay away from buying great watches.... spent my watch budget (for the next 6 months at least....) on an engagement ring... proposal hopefully next week... do you think Mrs (hopefully) Alchimus will understand.....

I'm an enabler, so I'm no help. Because of course I'd say DO IT!
If she is going to (fingers crossed) get an engagement ring, she should be cool with you getting another watch.
Right?!?

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Alchimus wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:26 pm Darn it... I have been trying to stay away from buying great watches.... spent my watch budget (for the next 6 months at least....) on an engagement ring... proposal hopefully next week... do you think Mrs (hopefully) Alchimus will understand.....
What an exciting time for you. Good luck and once you seal the deal let us know how you decided to do it!
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Congrats, chap! Now the trick is introduce the idea that she should get you something to mark the occasion given she gets a ring...a watch maybe?

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Roger shared some new pics, so including them here:


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Even though the Kickstarter is still live (and so far fully funded), Antoine Tavan has added all the Jour/Nuit watches for sale on their website.

https://www.antoine-tavan.ch/en/10-montres

It isn't stated (unless the Google Translate isn't catching it), but I imagine the delivery timeline would be the same as the KS campaign.
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To follow up, this Kickstarter campaign was

SUCCESSFUL

Myself and 95 backers pledged CHF 76,421 to help bring this project to life.
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Noticed that the prices for the Jour/Nuit has jumped considerably on the Antoine Tavan website. Glad I got in on this at the Kickstarter prices!

Price is now CHF 1,850.00, or roughly $1,924.


https://www.antoine-tavan.ch/en/11-montre-journuit
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TheJohnP wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:35 pm Noticed that the prices for the Jour/Nuit has jumped considerably on the Antoine Tavan website. Glad I got in on this at the Kickstarter prices!

Price is now CHF 1,850.00, or roughly $1,924.


https://www.antoine-tavan.ch/en/11-montre-journuit
I totally missed this one. Perhaps you could bring it to one of your local GTGs! I am sure folks would love to take a look. ;)
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Review of the Jour/Nuit from Tempus Fugit

http://www.tempusfugit.watch/2020/01/th ... -1805.html
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