This $1,000,000 timepiece comes with the French tricolor.
Jacob & Co. has released a new Bugatti Chiron-inspired timepiece that could be considered a fitting tribute to the French automaker. Dubbed the Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon Molsheim Edition, it's a timepiece that features the colors of the French flag using precious gems.
This is not the first time Jacob & Co. released a Bugatti Chiron-inspired timepiece since it partnered with the French automaker in 2019, but it does celebrate four years of collaboration building some of the most outrageous car-inspired timepieces. The two companies originally launched the Buggati Chiron Tourbillion watch collection with a miniature W16 engine as the crown jewel, that design forming the basis for this newest special edition.
Ultimately, the timepiece is meant to take the watch game up a notch as it honors Bugatti's birthplace, Molsheim, a small town in the eastern Alsace region of France.
To celebrate 4 years of partnership between both brands, @_JacobandCo and BUGATTI created the CHIRON Tourbillon Molsheim edition which features the french flag in blue sapphires, white diamonds and red sapphires, all in baguettes – an exquisite timepiece tribute to the hometown… pic.twitter.com/D49TAgmzCO
— Bugatti (@Bugatti) July 15, 2023
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The Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon Molsheim Edition features three stripes of baguette-cut gems that represent the colors of the French flag. The combination of 148 blue sapphires, 45 white diamonds, and 149 rubies instantly makes this specific timepiece distinct from the other Chiron-inspired watches by Jacob & Co.
It still features a miniature replica of the Bugatti W16 engine that powers the Chiron, here forming an intricately designed crown jewel that shows the power unit's scaled-down pistons and turbochargers. Mind you, the 16 pistons on the watch pump up and down, adding to the timepiece's visual impact.
The dial features sapphire and ruby hour markers, while the minute track is all diamonds.
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The tourbillon is inclined to 30 degrees, a design approach implemented for the first time by Jacob & Co. This is said to help preserve the precision of measuring time as it compensates for gravitational forces on the watch.
Comprising 578 components this example is immensely complex but still features fewer than the 832 pieces from Jacob & Co.’s $580,000 limited edition Fast & Furious timepiece.
The Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon Molsheim Edition has a power reserve of 60 hours, and it is water resistant to a depth of up to 98 feet. An 18K white gold case protects the timepiece and has a rubber strap.
As for the price, usually, we’d use the old trope of “if you have to ask,” but this time, Jacob & Co has confirmed a $1,000,000 price tag, which, if you’re a Chiron owner, is a drop in the ocean. Crazy as it may seem, this isn’t even Jacob & Co’s most expensive Bugatti-themed timepiece. That honor goes to the Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon Sapphire Crystal range, available in yellow matte, red sapphire, blue sapphire crystal titanium, or orange sapphire crystal at $1.5 million.
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