- The Occasion: Jacob Arabo turns 60 this year, and rather than looking back, the founder is marking the milestone with a limited run of 60 timepieces meant to break speed records.
- The Mythos: The design pulls heavily from Greek antiquity, housing the movement within a rose gold case structured like an Ionic temple and featuring a hand-engraved figure of Chronos.
- The Engine: The new JCAM60 caliber spins at a rate of one rotation every four seconds, a pace the brand claims makes it the fastest tourbillon on the market today.
Jacob Arabo is hitting his sixtieth year, and he has chosen to ring in the new decade with a piece of machinery that moves much faster than the standard passage of time implies. The founder of Jacob Co. ignored the typical slow-roll of retirement collections and instead demanded a “blank page” development process for his latest drop, the God of Time.
This specific moniker refers to the mechanics inside the case, which rely on a new constant force system to drive the tourbillon carriage at a blistering pace. While a standard tourbillon usually completes a rotation once every 60 seconds, this update slashes that interval down to four seconds flat.
Such rapid movement requires a chassis that barely registers on the scale. To keep the energy consumption manageable while two stacked barrels push the gears, the engineers cut the titanium tourbillon carriage down to a featherweight 0.27 grams.
That lightness in the movement sits in direct contrast to the heavy, architectural aesthetic of the 44.5 mm exterior. Arabo looked to the pillars of Greek temples for the rose gold case design, turning the watch into a literal shrine complete with a hand-engraved, 18K rose gold sculpture of Chronos.
The deity stands out against a deep blue aventurine dial, a material chosen to mimic the look of a starry night sky. The contrast between the dark stone and the warm metal serves as the backdrop for the high-speed 283-component movement, which offers a 60-hour power reserve despite its high energy output.
Power and history merge on the reverse side of the case as well, where the founder stamps his own legacy onto the metal. The caseback bears Arabo’s signature and portrait, a final stamp on a $360,000 release limited to just 60 examples worldwide.
