{"product_id":"sartory-billard-sb10-disco-ball-sb101sdiba","title":"Sartory Billard SB10 Jumping Hour Disco Ball","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn idea born from a watchmaking dream\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor its tenth anniversary, Sartory-Billard unveils the SB10.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA watch born from the SB08 project presented in 2024. This concept watch explored an extreme architecture, combining multiple sapphire elements, advanced complications, and a radical vision of time display: a large aperture for the hours, a fluid reading of the minutes, and a central surface entirely freed from the traditional dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts development involved a level of complexity and demands that did not align with the balance we were aiming for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, its core idea endured: to offer a clear, almost poetic reading of time, grounded in material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I couldn’t give up what made the soul of the SB08,” explains Armand Billard. “That large, highly legible hour display, the fluid minute reading, and above all, that open surface, a true canvas for creativity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SB10 is that idea made possible, not a simplification but a distillation, true to the Sartory-Billard philosophy. As the brand’s first complication, it marks a key milestone. A vision once tied to a million-euro project, now made accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRethinking the jumping hour\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJumping hour watches offer a unique mechanical spectacle: an instant, precise, almost theatrical change. Yet they are often difficult to read, with small apertures and compressed numerals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SB10 takes a different approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt six o’clock, a wide opening reveals the hour on a sapphire disc. This aperture has been deliberately enlarged to ensure immediate legibility, a conscious and almost personal choice. “I’m 50 years old, I need to read the time clearly,” says Armand Billard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe numerals appear in an unusually large format, nearly twice the size of those found on more traditional jumping hour watches. Designed specifically for Sartory-Billard by typographer Simon Schmidt, they combine modernity with timeless clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA simple glance at the wrist is enough. Time reveals itself effortlessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWithout hands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SB10 features no hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime is entirely displayed through two ultra-thin sapphire discs, approximately 0.2 mm thick, that seem to disappear into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hour disc jumps 30 degrees every 60 minutes, instantly revealing the next numeral. This creates a striking visual effect, almost cinematic, a precise moment, a shift, a beat, a pulse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe minute disc moves continuously around the cabochon, creating a contrast between jumping time and flowing time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo rhythms coexist, one discrete and punctual, the other smooth and continuous. This duality defines the character of the SB10.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinutes in orbit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe minutes are indicated by a sapphire disc completing a full rotation every sixty minutes. Around the cabochon, a peripheral ring coated with Super-LumiNova BGW9 traces the passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA red marker moves along this luminous ring, indicating the minutes with precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt night, the SB10 reveals another dimension. The ring glows in a vivid turquoise, forming a halo around the cabochon. The light appears to float, suspended around the central material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime is no longer simply read, it becomes an atmosphere, a slow, silent rotation, a luminous circle in motion, a celestial presence on the wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetween watchmaking and jewelry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SB10 has no traditional dial. A cabochon replaces it, a sculpted surface borrowed from jewelry, with no mechanical function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis element becomes the centerpiece of the watch, mounted externally like a precious stone, not to display time, but to give it presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts surface captures light, but also invites touch. The cabochon is not only meant to be seen, it is designed to be felt. Polished, crafted, sometimes textured, it creates a physical and instinctive connection with the watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not interchangeable, forming an intimate bond between the object and its owner, much like a piece of jewelry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a watch to be looked at as much as it is to be touched, where material invites gesture and interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch becomes a meeting point between the rigor of watchmaking and the freedom of material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisco Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this version, the cabochon features a guilloché pattern known as Disco Ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts surface is composed of dozens of micro-facets that capture and fragment light from every angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith each movement of the wrist, the perception of the watch constantly evolves. Light reflects, breaks apart, and recomposes itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cabochon becomes tactile, revealing its texture under the fingertips and creating a direct interaction with the material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA living surface, constantly in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe mechanism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath its apparent simplicity lies a coherent mechanical construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe SB10 is powered by the automatic La Joux-Perret G100 caliber, paired with a patented jumping hour module.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth hour and minute discs are made of sapphire and housed in a 39.5 mm stainless steel case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery technical choice serves clarity, coherence, and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sartory Billard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47199293898923,"sku":"SB101SDIBA","price":5250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/2783\/3515\/files\/5696317621.jpg?v=1780789328","url":"https:\/\/www.exquisitetimepieces.com\/products\/sartory-billard-sb10-disco-ball-sb101sdiba","provider":"Exquisite Timepieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}