ASTRONOMIA DRAGON
Green Dragon & Tiger
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DESIGN INSPIRATION
From a creative concept to design inspiration. To the first stroke of a pencil through hundreds of iterations. A timepiece like no other comes to life. Astronomia Dragon is impressive and expressive, highly detailed and very elaborate.
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THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Hand-crafted, 3D, rose gold dragon sculpture. Vertical movement. Double-axis flying tourbillon. Spinning diamond moon. Spinning earth. Off-centered dial. 60-hour power reserve. 384 components.
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THE COMPLICATIONS AND FEATURES
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A DRAGON BORN OF ART AND CRAFT
The intense narrative in Astronomia Dragon is entirely centered on the dragon's expression. Measuring several centimeters in length, its complexity comes from its three-dimensional coiling, and the fact that it's intertwined with the satellites of the elaborate Astronomia movement. Jacob & Co.'s artistic vision is served by a fine execution of near-microscopic scale. The number and shape of the beast's beard strands, its claws, its scales, its tongue and eyes are a testament to Jacob & Co.'s sense of detail and refinement.
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THE EARTH
Like all Astronomias, this version represents a solar system, it contains our home planet. Crafted out of magnesium for lightness, it is hand-lacquered in blue for likeness. The shape of emerged grounds and continents is clearly visible. This Earth spins on its own axis every 60 seconds.
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THE DOUBLE-AXIS FLYING TOURBILLON
At the end of one satellite arm hangs a double-axis tourbillon. It's held inside an openworked carriage. It revolves on two axes, one in 60 seconds, the other in 5 minutes. With a single attachment point, this is a flying tourbillon.
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THE DIAMOND MOON
Astronomia Dragon features a moon. That's the planet chosen to represent the high jewelry aspect of Jacob & Co.'s identity. This moon is actually a 1 ct. white diamond. Carved from a large rough of extremely high quality, it receives the exclusive, spherical, 288-facet, Jacob-cut. This moon spins on its own axis in 60 seconds.
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THE HOUR AND MINUTE DIAL
Emerging from the coils of the dragon's body, an off-centered, raised dial provides Astronomia Dragon's essential information. Hour and minute hands sit on top of a finely finished titanium dial. Openworked to the extreme, it provides a transparency that leaves the dragon figurine front and center.
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THE LIFESTYLE
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THE SPECIFICATIONS
ASTRONOMIA DRAGON
Green Dragon & Tiger
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