To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, Jacob & Co. has released a $500,000 USD music box tourbillon.
The full collector’s set, which includes the watch, a red rose pen from Montegrappa, and an engraved crystal decanter, isn’t short on talking points for The Opera Godfather 50th Anniversary.
The 634-component calibre JCMF04 movement rotates inside the case and includes a triple-axis flying tourbillon, a music box complication that plays Nino Rota’s ‘The Godfather’ theme using 120 pins against two combs, and an enamel red rose at its center.
“The Godfather is not just a great movie because of the way it was shot and directed,” says Benjamin Arabov, Jacob & Co. CEO. “It also contains some of the greatest scenes and dialogue in movie history.”
That sentiment is reflected in the watch both inside and outside of the case. The twin rose gold barrels that power the music box complication are engraved on the exterior with the film’s most memorable quotes, including “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse,” bringing new lines of dialogue to the fore as they rotate.
The watch’s 18K grey gold caseband also has 13 photo-realistic scenes from the film engraved in narrative order over 30 hours using medical-grade ‘femtolaser’ technology, a process that allows for 256 tones within the metal.
The Godfather is Jacob & Co founder Jacob Arabo‘s favorite film, and it was the first film he saw after moving to the United States from Uzbekistan at the age of 14.
The 50-piece Opera Godfather 50th Anniversary is now available for $500,000 USD from Jacob & Co.
