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Jack de Boucheron or Force 10

Boucheron · FRED

Jack de Boucheron three-turn piece in yellow gold: a coiled flexible gold cable with its faceted jack-shaped clasp ends, on a white ground.
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Boucheron

Jack de Boucheron

A supple gold cable closed by a faceted clasp shaped like an audio jack, wrapped once or three times round the wrist or opened out as a necklace or belt.

Two Force 10 bracelets in rose gold with diamond-set shackles, one on a diamond line, one on a gold chain, on a cream ground with water drops
Image © FRED

FRED

Force 10

A length of braided steel marine cable closed by a gold shackle, named after a storm on the Beaufort scale.

In 1966 Henri Samuel borrowed the braided steel that holds up a mast and fastened it with a gold shackle; he named the result Force 10, after a storm. Claire Choisne, designing Jack de Boucheron in 2019, borrowed the supple cord of headphones, hid its connection in a faceted clasp shaped like an audio jack and let the gold wrap the wrist once or three times. Fifty-three years apart, both made a cable the whole jewel and finished it to a jeweller's polish.

Boucheron Jack de Boucheron vs FRED Force 10, facts side by side
FactJack de BoucheronForce 10
Introduced20191966
DesignerClaire ChoisneHenri Samuel
SchoolPlace VendômePlace Vendôme
Materialsyellow gold, white gold, diamondyellow gold, rose gold, white gold, steel, diamond
Movesopensopens
From€3,940€1,230
Top of line€124,000€24,710

Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.