IDXChannel – Company watches Jacob & Co honors 20 years of film Fast and Furious by making a special watch. No kidding watches called Fast & Furious Twin Turbo it is priced at USD 580,000 or equivalent to Rp. 8.2 billion.
The watch made by Jacob & Co. is known to appear with the signature concept of the watch company from the United States, the Twin Turbo. Previously, Jacob & Co. had also made the Twin Turbo concept watch in collaboration with Bugatti.
In making the watch, Jacob & Co. raised various elements typical of the film, which was played by Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. For example on the dial of a watch where a silhouette of a woman is shown standing at the starting line holding a checkered flag to signal the start of the race.
Behind the woman’s image, there are two cars, a typical American muscle car, and a supercharged car. This detail is taken from a scene in the 2001 film Fast & Furious.
At the bottom of the dial, Jacob & Co provides two triple-axis tourbillon and fuel gauge as an indicator of battery power reserve. The Twin Turbo features a monopusher chronograph with crank-style knobs. This knob functions to start, stop and reset the chronograph of the watch.
In addition, there is also a minute repeater feature that plays different tones to indicate hours, ten minutes, and minutes. The engine used in this watch is a JCFM05 manual engine, which consists of 832 components and is housed in a carbon casing measuring 57mm x 52mm.
“Our Twin Turbo Furious is a perfect fit for the Fast & Furious franchise,” said Benjamin Arabov, CEO of Jacob & Co. “Not just the name, but the overall emphasis on speed. Jacob & Co. is involved in many successful collaborations, but we’ve never partnered with an entity that fits our DNA so well.”
The plan is that Jacob & Co. Fast & Furious Twin Turbo will be released on watchmakers’ websites on June 25, to coincide with the US premiere of the ninth film franchise, F9.
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