Jean Richard – Highlands Big Life

JeanRichard – Swiss Watchmakers

The JEANRICHARD brand takes its name from a legendary figure in the watchmaking world: Daniel JeanRichard. This genius pioneered the development of the watchmaking industry in the Neuchâtel Mountains in the late 17th century.
According to a guide which appeared in 1766, Daniel JeanRichard was born in 1665 in the hamlet of Les Bressel, midway between La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle. In 1681, he created his first watch, then set up his watchmaking workshop. He built a machine which he made available to his colleagues, and trained apprentices. Daniel JeanRichard was also a major driving force behind the watchmaking industry. He was ahead of his time, demonstrating a talent for innovation. In addition to the production of watches, the region’s watchmakers are indebted to him for the invention of machines and tools, and for establishing the basis for learning the art of watchmaking itself.
The master watchmaker opened up new horizons. His descendants have since continued his work. Louis JeanRichard (1812 – 1875), Daniel’s grandson, is indisputably one of the most gifted watchmakers of his generation. He exerted a considerable influence on the production of high-quality timepieces. For example, he set up an observatory in his workshop to test the accuracy of his watches, long before the creation of the Neuchâtel Observatory.
As a guardian of this extraordinary history, JeanRichard continues to honour the pioneer Daniel JeanRichard. His innovator’s spirit remains a core value of the brand.

JeanRichard Highlands Big Life Launch

Jean Richard Launch – Highlands Big Life

Further to our previous article on the JeanRichard Highlands Big Life Charity Watch in conjunction with The Big Life Foundation, we can now confirm the Watch was launched on the 19th June 2012 in Paris along with an exhibition of work from the acclaimed photographer Nick Brandt.

Good Luck Jean Richard and hope it goes well for your selves and the Charity….

Here’s the JeanRichard Press Release with dates of the Exhibition if anyone is in Paris please visit.

FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE “HIGHLANDS BIG LIFE” WATCH JEANRICHARD exhibits wild animal portraits of Nick Brandt, BRITISH photographer and founder of the Big Life Foundation. 

This launch will feature two key events:
A cocktail, on June 19th at “Espace Louis Pion”, 52 Avenue Des Champs Élysées in Paris, at 7PM.
In an atmosphere created with Nick Brandt’s magnificient photographs, JEANRICHARD will unveil the Highlands Big Life, a limited edition of 100 pieces especially developed to support the foundation. During this evening, JEANRICHARD will present the new “Highlands” collection made of four new self-winding sand-blasted stainless steel models.
The “Highlands” collection, created by the Swiss watchmaker JEANRICHARD in the 1990′s, has become over time the globetrotter’s ideal watch. For its rebirth, JEANRICHARD has chosen Nick Brandt as a partner.
In September 2010, the photographer created Big Life Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the fauna and ecosystem of Africa, in response to dramatic development of poaching across the whole continent.
JEANRICHARD is proud to support Big Life Foundation with the launch of a distinctive special edition: Highlands Big Life watch.This model is equipped with a JR1000 self-winding manufactured movement. It combines a sand-blasted stainless steel case with black PVD coating, a green external rotating bezel and a black fabric strap. Its black dial displays numerals coated with ivory-coloured luminescent material and comes with the Big Life Foundation signature in red. An elephant inspired from its logo appears on the sapphire glass case-back which reveals the movement.
The model’s technical design and the choice of colors have been conceived to match the most demanding outdoor use.
A photo exhibition, at Antoine de Macedo until July 20^th.
Starting the next day, Nick Brandt’s portraits, all taken from his book, “On This Earth, a Shadow Falls” published in 2010, will be exhibited, at the watchmaker’s Boutique Antoine de Macedo , 28 rue Madame, Paris 6.
Regarding his photos, Brandt says: “To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes.”
The photographs, as well as the Highlands Collection with in exclusivity the “Highlands Big Life”, will be on show during the opening hours, from Tuesday to Saturday, 11am-7pm.
We also like giving you as much information as possible on the watches so her are the Technical details of the Highlands Big Life.

Technical Details – JeanRichard Highlands Big Life Limited Edition

Sand-blasted stainless steel case with black PVD coating

Dimensions: 44.50 x 40 mm

Height: 11.96 mm

Antireflective sapphire crystal

Sapphire case-back crystal with Big Life Foundation logo, Case-back secured with 4 screws

Water-resistant to 100 m

Screw-down crown

Bidirectional rotating bezel

Manufactured movement JR1000, Self-winding

Caliber: 11 ½’’’

Frequency: 28,800 vibrations/ hour (4 Hz)

Jewels: 27

Power reserve: min. 48 hours

Functions: hour, minute, second, date

Matt black dial, Luminescent Arabic numerals and indexes, Luminescent hands

Black fabric strap, Sand-blasted stainless steel folding buckle with black PVD coating

limited edition of 100 pieces