{"id":7030,"date":"2014-03-26T10:22:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T09:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=7030"},"modified":"2014-03-28T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T09:34:10","slug":"jacob-co-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/jacob-co-17.html","title":{"rendered":"Jacob &#038; Co : And yet it turns"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Astronomia Tourbillon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Case\u2009:<\/strong> 18K pink gold, diamond microparticle and polycarbonate fiber, sapphire back.\u00a0<strong> Diameter\u2009:<\/strong> 47mm <strong>Movement\u2009\u2009: <\/strong>mechanical hand-wound (Caliber Jacob &amp; Co JCEM01, 72h power reserve) <strong>Functions\u2009\u2009:<\/strong> hours and minutes dial rotating in 20mn on the central axis, differential gear system; briolette-cut diamonds rotating in 60 sec. on two axes (56 round facetted diamonds totaling 1 ct), 18K white gold hand-engraved enameled globe rotating in 60 seconds on two axes; orbital tourbillon carriage spinning on three axes:\u00a0 in 60 seconds on the first axis, 5 minutes on the first axis, and 20 minutes on the third and central axis.\u00a0<strong>Dial\u2009:<\/strong> hand-engraved, lacquered hour-markers, diamond finish <strong>Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 30m <strong>Strap\u2009:\u00a0<\/strong> alligator leather, 18K pink gold folding clasp<strong> Limited series\u2009: <\/strong>9<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contenu_article\">Take a brand known for its creative freedom, give it the world for inspiration and a few satellites to launch into orbit. The result is a watch capable of lightly evoking gravity\u2009: the <strong>Astronomia Tourbillon<\/strong> from Jacob &amp; Co. Ironically enough, the collision between Fine Watchmaking and audacity is expressed in an exquisitely lyrical manner. Aventurine serves as a backdrop for a three-dimensional journey through space. Four different satellites gravitate around the dial\u2009: the hours and minutes indication, a briolette-cut diamond, an enameled globe and a triple-axis tourbillon. The cone-shaped case embodies a close encounter between watchmaking, technology and architecture. Its new alloy is a combination of a polycarbonate mixed with diamond \u2013 a material tougher and more resistant than steel. Its design is a nod to the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York. Embodying the heights of excellence under Swiss tutelage, the development of this masterpiece took over a year and a half. Studio 7H38 \u2013 based in the Ch\u00e2teau de Vaumarcus, Switzerland and also the brains behind the revolutionary Epic SF24 launched in 2013 \u2013 has become the de facto High Complication workshop for Jacob &amp; Co. creations.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a brand known for its creative freedom, give it the world for inspiration and a few satellites to launch into orbit. The result is a watch capable of lightly evoking gravity\u2009: the <strong>Astronomia Tourbillon<\/strong> from Jacob &amp; Co. Ironically enough, the collision between Fine Watchmaking and audacity is expressed in an exquisitely lyrical manner. Aventurine serves as a backdrop for a three-dimensional journey through space. Four different satellites gravitate around the dial\u2009: the hours and minutes indication, a briolette-cut diamond, an enameled globe and a triple-axis tourbillon. The cone-shaped case embodies a close encounter between watchmaking, technology and architecture. Its new alloy is a combination of a polycarbonate mixed with diamond \u2013 a material tougher and more resistant than steel. Its design is a nod to the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York. Embodying the heights of excellence under Swiss tutelage, the development of this masterpiece took over a year and a half. Studio 7H38 \u2013 based in the Ch\u00e2teau de Vaumarcus, Switzerland and also the brains behind the revolutionary Epic SF24 launched in 2013 \u2013 has become the de facto High Complication workshop for Jacob &amp; Co. creations.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}