Jacob & Co. starts new movement in Astronomia Régulateur
Decade ago, Jacob & Co launched the Astronomia Tourbillon watch. This model incorporates a unique domed sapphire crystal dial display that exhibits an architectural movement with the otherworldly planetary system. After that, the Astronomia series finds its roots through a great number of iterations, with themes which include skulls, casino games, The actual Godfather and more. Now, about the 10th anniversary of this untamed collection, the watchmaker’s techie prowess is on entire display in the new motion in the Astronomia Régulateur.
The regulator is amongst the most classic complications throughout watchmaking, featuring the exhibit of hours, minutes along with seconds in three distinct positions on the dial. For the reason that name suggests, regulators have invariably been known for their accuracy and are utilised by other watchmakers to " standardize" their work. The most up-to-date addition to the Astronomia selection, the brand revolutionizes the regulator in a Jacob & Co way.
The primary focus of the Astronomia Régulateur, Jacob & Co. introduces a new movement: the JCAM56. This kind of exceptional movement is the response to many years of work by the manufacturer in the field of rotating vertical tourbillon movements. We see this element in the Astronomia collection, and its particular movement is constructed such as a carousel, with multiple geostationary satellites rotating around a central axis and rotating on their own responsable, with each arm having a complication. The turn speed of this central axis is initially set to thirty minutes. Then, in 2023, Jacob & Co. presented the Astronomia Revolution, accelerating its rotation to just one minute and launching the movements into a wild horological boogie.
Now, the modern JCAM56 movement is based on typically the Astronomia Revolution’s JCAM48B engineering and offers the same impressive 60-second rotation. There are three biceps and triceps here: one is the hovering tourbillon, which itself helps make one revolution per minute, plus the other two arms are more comfortable with tell the time. If all these dials were permanently put in to measure time, more often than not they would be unreadable, though the Astronomia Régulateur uses a differential system to vertically line-up these dials for much easier reading. Below, the secs hand is indicated by way of a long gold hand directed towards a large domed orange transparent ring with a mere seconds scale.
The particular JCAM56 caliber is viewable in all its glory with the collection’s signature case design, which has a large sapphire disc adjacent the case ring. As if in which wasn’t impressive enough, often the JCAM56 movement is also the actual thinnest Astronomia-type movement Jacob & Co. has at any time produced.