Famed jewelers to the wealthy Jacob & Co has unveiled a new “Billionaire” watch which costs $18 million. It was unveiled at the BaselWorld 2015 exposition held this week in Switzerland.
No The Billionaire does not function like a new Apple Smart Watch.
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No it does not offer the user the accurate times in cities all over the world, nor a digital display, alarm, stopwatch, the date or anything else that a simple Casio will give you.
So why would a super-rich person want to pay $18 million for it, you might ask. Because it costs $18 million.
Here is what the likes of Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, George Soros and Bill Gates will get for their money should they choose to have one of the world’s new ultimate status symbols.
The Billionaire offers the exclusive Jacob & Co. skeleton manual winding caliberJCAM09 with Tourbillon Dimensions: 40.05mm X 31.67mm; 5.70mm Height. It has 167 components, a 72-hours power reserve and a frequency of 21’600vib/h (3 Hz); 19 jewels. The watch also has hand-angled, sand-blasted finishing with a drawn flank.
The watch is made of 18K white gold with a black case.
Sapphire glass; Crystal: Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment; Total Carat Weight: 239 Diamond Emerald-Cut (260ct), Bead Setting Inverted Pyramid; Individual Stones up to 3ct. Hands: Skeleton; Gun Blue.
Its thickness is only 12.3 mm (14.3 with Horns).
Oh, and it gives you the hour and minutes.
