If you’ve ever stared death in the face, it’ll probably look something like this. “A crypt with skulls and bones amassed in a way that makes it appear that they have been there for centuries.” That’s what lays beneath the sapphire crystal cover of The Jacob & Co Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls timepiece. Worth $880,000, it might just cost you your life. Symbolic of the Jacob & Co motto, “Inspired by the Impossible,” the Astronomia stands as an achievement in high horology movements, crossing the boundaries no one else dares to break. Describing the current Swiss watch industry as “complacent,” Jacob & Co are here to seriously rock the boat with this outrageous one-of-a-kind timepiece, the Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls.
Rocking a 50mm dial, the Astronomia contains a literal “crypt of skulls and bones,” meticulously sculpted from 45 grams of 18k rose gold. Synergistically intertwined with the Astronomia’s well-known complications, the bell tolls death across the Double Axis Tourbillon, flowing onto its two most iconic symbols – a 1-carat diamond that features the exclusive Jacob Cut with 288 facets, and the rotating blue-lacquered magnesium globe. In addition to the 80 baguette-cut diamonds set into the lugs. Requiring approximately 200 hours of work over six months to construct the “haphazard” vertical layout, world-class metalsmiths used Old World techniques to create another magnificent memento mori display. Used to describe an artistic or symbolic reminder of death’s inevitability, Jacob & Co do not use this Latin phrase lightly. Essentially informing us that we all eventually die, it’s a timely reminder of what we have or will leave behind. Though much like the finite reminder of life’s end, only one Astronomia Skulls is being made and is available now via Jacob & Co for $880,000. Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls Technical Specifications Item Number: AT802.40.BD.UB.ABALA Movement: Caliber: Manufacture Jacob & Co. Manual Winding JCAM25; Diameter: 41.65mm; Height: 17.15mm; Material: Titanium; Components: 384; Functions: Hours and Minutes; System: Vertical Movement with 4 Arms • Double Axis Tourbillon, 1st Cage rotating in 60 sec and 2nd Cage in 5 min • Exclusive Jacob cut® Diamond (288 Facets – 1ct), rotating on itself in 60 sec • Magnesium Blue Lacquered Globe, rotating on itself in 60 sec • Hours and Minutes Dial • 18K
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If you’ve ever stared death in the face, it’ll probably look something like this. “A crypt with skulls and bones amassed in a way that makes it appear that they have been there for centuries.” That’s what lays beneath the sapphire crystal cover of The Jacob & Co Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls timepiece. Worth $880,000, it might just cost you your life. Symbolic of the Jacob & Co motto, “Inspired by the Impossible,” the Astronomia stands as an achievement in high horology movements, crossing the boundaries no one else dares to break. Describing the current Swiss watch industry as “complacent,” Jacob & Co are here to seriously rock the boat with this outrageous one-of-a-kind timepiece, the Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls.
Rocking a 50mm dial, the Astronomia contains a literal “crypt of skulls and bones,” meticulously sculpted from 45 grams of 18k rose gold. Synergistically intertwined with the Astronomia’s well-known complications, the bell tolls death across the Double Axis Tourbillon, flowing onto its two most iconic symbols – a 1-carat diamond that features the exclusive Jacob Cut with 288 facets, and the rotating blue-lacquered magnesium globe. In addition to the 80 baguette-cut diamonds set into the lugs. Requiring approximately 200 hours of work over six months to construct the “haphazard” vertical layout, world-class metalsmiths used Old World techniques to create another magnificent memento mori display. Used to describe an artistic or symbolic reminder of death’s inevitability, Jacob & Co do not use this Latin phrase lightly. Essentially informing us that we all eventually die, it’s a timely reminder of what we have or will leave behind. Though much like the finite reminder of life’s end, only one Astronomia Skulls is being made and is available now via Jacob & Co for $880,000. Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls Technical Specifications Item Number: AT802.40.BD.UB.ABALA Movement: Caliber: Manufacture Jacob & Co. Manual Winding JCAM25; Diameter: 41.65mm; Height: 17.15mm; Material: Titanium; Components: 384; Functions: Hours and Minutes; System: Vertical Movement with 4 Arms • Double Axis Tourbillon, 1st Cage rotating in 60 sec and 2nd Cage in 5 min • Exclusive Jacob cut® Diamond (288 Facets – 1ct), rotating on itself in 60 sec • Magnesium Blue Lacquered Globe, rotating on itself in 60 sec • Hours and Minutes Dial • 18K
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If you’ve ever stared death in the face, it’ll probably look something like this. “A crypt with skulls and bones amassed in a way that makes it appear that they have been there for centuries.” That’s what lays beneath the sapphire crystal cover of The Jacob & Co Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls timepiece. Worth $880,000, it might just cost you your life.
Symbolic of the Jacob & Co motto, “Inspired by the Impossible,” the Astronomia stands as an achievement in high horology movements, crossing the boundaries no one else dares to break. Describing the current Swiss watch industry as “complacent,” Jacob & Co are here to seriously rock the boat with this outrageous one-of-a-kind timepiece, the Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls.
Rocking a 50mm dial, the Astronomia contains a literal “crypt of skulls and bones,” meticulously sculpted from 45 grams of 18k rose gold. Synergistically intertwined with the Astronomia’s well-known complications, the bell tolls death across the Double Axis Tourbillon, flowing onto its two most iconic symbols – a 1-carat diamond that features the exclusive Jacob Cut with 288 facets, and the rotating blue-lacquered magnesium globe. In addition to the 80 baguette-cut diamonds set into the lugs.
Requiring approximately 200 hours of work over six months to construct the “haphazard” vertical layout, world-class metalsmiths used Old World techniques to create another magnificent memento mori display. Used to describe an artistic or symbolic reminder of death’s inevitability, Jacob & Co do not use this Latin phrase lightly. Essentially informing us that we all eventually die, it’s a timely reminder of what we have or will leave behind.
Though much like the finite reminder of life’s end, only one Astronomia Skulls is being made and is available now via Jacob & Co for $880,000.
Astronomia Tourbillon Art Skulls Technical Specifications
Item Number: AT802.40.BD.UB.ABALA
Movement: Caliber: Manufacture Jacob & Co. Manual Winding JCAM25; Diameter: 41.65mm; Height: 17.15mm; Material: Titanium; Components: 384; Functions: Hours and Minutes; System: Vertical Movement with 4 Arms • Double Axis Tourbillon, 1st Cage rotating in 60 sec and 2nd Cage in 5 min • Exclusive Jacob cut® Diamond (288 Facets – 1ct), rotating on itself in 60 sec • Magnesium Blue Lacquered Globe, rotating on itself in 60 sec • Hours and Minutes Dial • 18K
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