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. In addition to the 80 baguette-cut diamonds set into the lugs. 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. Rocking a 50mm dial, the Astronomia contains a literal “crypt of skulls and bones,” meticulously sculpted from 45 grams of 18k rose gold. 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. 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. Worth $880,000, it might just cost you your life. “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. If you’ve ever stared death in the face, it’ll probably look something like this.
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