Jacob & Co.'s "God of Time" is the world's fastest tourbillon
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It rotates once every four seconds.
To celebrate founder Jacob Arabo's 60th birthday, Jacob & Co. launched a tourbillon watch inspired by the Greek god of time, further elevating the tourbillon's status. More importantly, this watch features the world's fastest rotating tourbillon, completing one rotation every four seconds, 15 times faster than a traditional one-minute tourbillon.
Initial Thoughts
This watch, named "God of Time," is a masterpiece of modern luxury watchmaking, perfectly blending striking visual appeal with exquisite engineering. The watch is themed around time and its deity and features a record-breaking tourbillon, the fastest in its class. We know people are always pursuing the thinnest watches, but clearly, the pursuit of the fastest tourbillon is equally important.
Like most Jacob & Co.
replica watches Popular, the "God of Time" is also striking, with a diameter of 44.5 mm. The robust case also incorporates themes from Greek mythology, drawing inspiration from the Ionic columns. Its massive size stems from its enormous movement—containing four mainsprings—to power the tourbillon.
The handcrafted sculpture of Cronus is exquisitely detailed, perfectly capturing the essence of ancient Greek sculpture. The dial design is ingenious, drawing the eye to both the Cronus statue and the rapidly spinning tourbillon, though its legibility is slightly compromised; however, this is clearly not the focus of this timepiece. The essence of the "God of Time" watch lies in its horological artistry, not its precise timekeeping function.
One of the design highlights of this
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I need to point out a key detail: this watch centers on Cronus, the majestic god symbolizing time. In Greek mythology, Cronus is a Titan, the father of the gods, but he himself is not a god.
High prices are not uncommon for Jacob & Co. creations, but the record-breaking tourbillon on this watch adds a surprising horological value.
Cronus: The imposing statue of Cronus is handcrafted from 18K rose gold. Originally a stamped disc of precious metal, it was then meticulously hand-sculpted and finished by a team of artisans.
Each statue requires several days of meticulous sculpting, resulting in a breathtaking final product. The engraving details are incredibly refined: Cronus appears as a weathered yet still majestic figure, gazing at the rapidly spinning tourbillon. The tendons, veins, bulging muscle fibers, and even the fingernails are clearly visible. Like traditional Greek statues, Cronus's empty eyes, devoid of pupils, add to his mystique.
high quality fake watchesThis hand-carving and shaping of the metal in this way imbues it with a pleasing natural texture—as if the originally inert alloy had come to life. The lifelike statue of Cronus is 37 millimeters high from head to toe, with a robe only 1.5 millimeters thick at its thickest point.
The Father of Time sits before a deep blue aventurine background studded with gold particles. Aventurine is a special type of glass in which metal particles are added during the blowing process to create the illusion of a starry night sky. The gold particles embedded in the deep blue glass make Cronus seem to rule the universe, holding time itself in his hands.
This watch features a uniquely shaped case, resembling a Greek column, with spiral-shaped eyelets on the lugs and a thick, ribbon-like case edge. Jacob & Co. chose the Ionic order, undoubtedly the most representative of the three classical orders (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian). This watch, named "God of Time," has a diameter of 44.5 mm and a thickness of 18.25 mm, making it quite large to wear, but it is in itself a true work of horological art.
Record-Breaking Tourbillons: Most standard tourbillons rotate at one revolution per minute, with any speed below 60 seconds considered fast. De Bethune's tourbillon completes one revolution every 30 seconds; Greubel Forsey's tourbillon reaches an astonishing speed of one revolution every 24 seconds. MB & F's "Thunderdome" tourbillon has three axes, with the fastest rotation speed being one revolution every 8 seconds. However, the fastest tourbillon to date is made by Franck Muller, boasting a rotation speed of one revolution every 5 seconds, surpassing all other tourbillons.
It's worth noting that both MB&F and Franck Muller's tourbillon watches employ a reverse escapement with a fixed escape wheel (a variant of the Potter escapement). In contrast, Jacob & Co.'s "God of Time" watch features a four-second tourbillon and a traditional Swiss lever escapement. Furthermore, its balance wheel oscillates at only 3 Hz, a slightly slow frequency, meaning it requires a sophisticated gear mechanism to drive the high-speed rotating tourbillon cage.
fake Audemars Piguet watches While Jacob & Co. hasn't revealed many details about the internal JCAM60 movement of the "God of Time" watch, we can infer its construction from the visible components. In a traditional tourbillon watch, with a balance wheel frequency of 3 Hz and a 15-tooth escape wheel, the gear ratio between the fourth wheel and the escapement wheel is 12:1. The gear ratio here appears to be 4:5 because the escapement wheel actually rotates slower than the cage itself. The entire cage weighs only 0.27 grams.
Directly in front of the escapement wheel is a constant force mechanism that ensures the tourbillon cage accelerates correctly and acts as a buffer, preventing the powerful gear train from colliding with the delicate escapement.
The regulating mechanism of this watch is superb: it employs an aerodynamic design, features a free spring, and uses a Gyromax balance wheel with eight chronograph weights, paired with a Breguet-style external hairspring. This configuration complements such an expensive watch and contrasts sharply with some of Jacob & Co.'s previous watches, which used simpler stud-type regulating balance wheels and flat hairsprings.
The JCAM60 movement is driven by four mainspring barrels, presumably arranged in two pairs of series-stacked barrels in parallel. This results in a surprisingly long 60-hour power reserve. Manual winding is slightly cumbersome, requiring a lever on the case back; time adjustment is done via the crown on the left side.
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Ref. JA060.40.AA.AA.A
Diameter: 44.5 mm
Height: 18.25 mm
Material: 18K Rose Gold
Crystal: Sapphire Crystal
Water Resistance: 30 meters
Movement: JCAM60
Functions: Hours, Minutes, 4-Second Tourbillon
Winding: Manual Winding
Frequency: 21,600 vibrations per hour (3 Hz)
Power Reserve: 60 hours
Strap: Alligator leather strap with 18K rose gold folding clasp
