A TRIBUTE TO VIRTUALITY
With this series limited to 25 timepieces, the American brand is propelling the most daring of watchmakers into the disconcerting world of digital money. To your coins!
On October 31, 2008, a certain Satoshi Nakamoto announced to the cypherpunk community that he was finalizing a peer-to-peer digital currency. A year later, the first bitcoin block was mined. The value of the cryptocurrency on October 5, 2009 peaked at… $0.001. By November 2021, its price reached new heights, exceeding $68,500. Since then, its exchange rate has been fluctuating unpredictably. Be that as it may, its arrival on the financial landscape also brought blockchain technology to the forefront, a revolution in itself. To celebrate this new era, Jacob & Co is paying tribute to the technology with the Astronomia Solar Bitcoin watch.
This model features all the characteristics of the Astronomia Tourbillon. Or nearly! While the off-centered hour and minute disc and the symmetrically positioned regulating organ moving on two axes, one rotating on a minute, the second on a 10-minute period, can still be found, the black and gold aesthetic is decidedly futuristic. To that end, the watch’s visible plate, created by the absence of a dial and the openings in the panoramic case middle, sets the tone. The plate takes on the appearance of a printed circuit board on which are engraved the key words of the bitcoin universe. Moreover, this rotates continuously in a counterclockwise direction. The hand-wound caliber comes in a 44mm diameter black diamond light coating (DLC) titanium case without a crown. Two arches positioned on either side of the case replace it. In addition to a central globe, a 288-faceted orange citrine represents the sun while a 1-carat white diamond represents the moon. This dreamscape can, understandably, be acquired using a cryptocurrency via Bitpay.