Jacob & Co.’s newest watch has a divine power. The aptly named God of Time is equipped with a groundbreaking tourbillon that spins at a record-breaking four seconds per rotation. That makes it five times faster than classic one-minute tourbillons. It also makes it a whole second quicker than the Franck Muller Thunderbolt, meaning it takes the crown as the world’s fastest tourbillon. It will run for 60 hours on a single wind, making it properly weekend-proof, too. That Jacob & Co. is behind such a heavenly creation is not exactly surprising. The New York-based watch and jewelry maker specializes in tourbillons, incorporating different iterations—single-axis, flying, automatic, skeletonized, etc.—in over 35 movements. It developed the new caliber JCAM60 from scratch, specifically to set a new record for the fastest tourbillon rotation. To achieve that, the tourbillon carriage’s architecture was designed to increase speed by reducing energy consumption through extreme weight reduction. It..
