3D engraved fantastic creatures adorn the dial of the Astronomia Tourbillon watches by Jacob & Co - Yanko Design

Luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co. is an independent watch marque, renowned for its exquisite watches that esteemed horologists hold loftier up in their collections. Post-obit the success in high-quality jewelry watches, Jacob & Co. has expanded its Astronomia multi-axis tourbillon fine art collection with a 3D engraved and mitt-painted menagerie of animals – real and mythical – under a sapphire crystal dome in 18k gold casing.

The Astronomia Tourbillon is a series of cut-edge timepieces that both intrinsically and from within, elevate the fine art of watchmaking above the World. The collection is a "poetic visual rendering of the celestial world," and features four satellites – a rotating magnesium globe, an in-firm gravitational tourbillon, one-carat 288-faceted diamond, and a time dial – all of which can exist seen rotating around the punch. With the rare 3D engraving of dragons, phoenix, serpents, monkeys, lions, and tigers among others, the Swiss brand has been able to create several Astronomias unlike anything seen before in the horological world.

3D engraving is seen in a host of the Jacob & Co. Astronomia Tourbillon such as the Astronomia Cobra, Astronomia Dragon, Astronomia Phoenix, Astronomia Fine art Tigers, etc., which combine engraving and miniature painting. Astronomia dial is an exquisite gallery of a hand-engraved dragon, cobra, and other sculptures that seem entangled within the tourbillon move and give the timepieces a symbolic grapheme that the scout collectors have turned to repeatedly. These designs are extremely cumbersome to accomplish – for case, the cobra sculpture is conceived over six months with the first iii going into finishing the 3D engraves inside the solid casing and another three months seeing an artesian painstakingly chisel, hand-paint the piece of fine art.

Each of these extraordinary timepieces is, therefore, an apotheosis of uncompromised attending to detail, which is immediately evident at the commencement glance. For collectors who exercise not fancy the wildlife but relish the cityscapes, Jacob & Co. too has miniature renditions of primal landmarks engraved on Astronomia dials. For instance, the handmade and manus-painted Moscow timepiece features 3D-engraved miniatures of Saint Basil'south Cathedral, the Bolshoi Theatre, and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The watchmaker tin can customize watches of all the nifty cities of the world to ensure every collector can accept his city replica in his collection.

Designer: Jacob & Co.