The rose gold Godfather Minute Repeater, with diamond-set music box cylinders.

The rose gold Godfather Minute Repeater, with rose gold music box cylinders.

GODFATHER MINUTE REPEATER

Name: Godfather Minute Repeater
Brand: Jacob & Co.

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Jacob & Co. has entered into a partnership with Paramount Pictures and acquired the rights to The Godfather. Jacob & Co. has gained access to the name, imagery, narrative and music from the iconic motion picture. These have become the inspiration for the ultimate movie tribute timepiece.

Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is a tribute piece and a music playing timepiece. The 49-mm case contains visual, symbolic and graphic elements directly taken from the movie. A portrait of Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone. The puppeteer strings from the movie poster. A piano and a violin-shaped crank as a reference to the ubiquitous Nino Rota soundtrack, whose main theme the music box plays on demand. The Godfather was the first movie Jacob Arabo saw in a movie theater after coming to the U.S.A. The Godfather is not just a watchmaking achievement. It is a deeply personal creation, a uniquely entertaining timepiece and a thrilling concept.

From a creative partnership to design inspiration. From the first stroke of a pencil through hundreds of iterations. A timepiece like no other comes to life. Shaped like an open scene, Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is about theatrics, and meaning.

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Caliber JCFM07 is a movement like no other. It combines high watchmaking, The Godfather's actual music and the chiming sound of time. The movement rotates as it plays the movie's famous main theme. Two sets of combs and blades play the notes of that 30-second tune, which resonate far outside the case. And upon request, it will tell the time it is with sound thanks to the minute repeater complication. Caliber JCFM07 also includes a triple-axis, flying tourbillon. This extremely rare complication is made even more special as it rotates along with the rest of the movement when the on-demand melody is activated. Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is a doubly musical timepiece. This feature in itself is entirely unique in today’s watchmaking, adding to the existing rarity and exclusivity of the original Opera Godfather functionalities. As a result, with a total of 758 components and some of the most demanding complications available, Caliber JCFM07 commands an unrivaled level of craft, musicality, ambition and complexity.

Front Interior Movement of the Opera Godfather Minute Repeater Watch

Back Interior Movement of the Opera Godfather Minute Repeater Watch

758 components. Music box playing 30-second The Godfather theme with rotating movement. Minute repeater. Triple-axis flying tourbillon. Godfather-inspired decor.

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The Opera Godfather Minute Repeater places its functional elements and complications on top of a three-dimensional base. It tells time with a central dial and a chiming sequence. It features a flying, high speed, triple-axis tourbillon and a minute repeater, two complications mastered only by the most qualified movement constructors and watchmakers.

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THE CRANK AND CROWN

The Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is wound by hand, using the crank at 3 o'clock. In one direction, it winds the movement. In the other, the music box. Jacob & Co. designed it like a violin, whose neck folds and spins. With a music box pusher at 10 o'clock and a minute repeater slide underneath it, the caseband of the Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is highly unusual. The time-setting crown is located on the caseback, a frequent feature in Jacob & Co. complicated watches.

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THE MUSIC BOX

The musical part of caliber JCFM07 is its unique signature. It plays The Godfather's main theme by Nino Rota with a music box mechanism. It relies on a pair of cylinders, tilted at a 20-degree angle. They're covered with steel pins that lift the music comb blades. The melody lasts 30 seconds in a unique setting.

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THE TRIPLE-AXIS FLYING TOURBILLON

The tourbillon fitted in caliber JCFM07 is of an exceptional type. It's held only by its lower end, with no upper bridge. This makes it a flying tourbillon. The carriage is shaped like a sphere, rotating along three axes. This triple-axis structure enhances the benefits of the tourbillon.

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THE GODFATHER'S UNIVERSE

Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is a functional tribute to The Godfather, and a visual one. Key symbols of the book and movie are an integral part of the movement. The piano hiding pieces of the music box is inscribed with Marlon Brando as the Don and the other comb cover is engraved with the famous puppeteer’ strings.

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THE MINUTE REPEATER

Using the slide located on the left flank, the Opera Godfather Minute Repeater tells time with sound. The minute repeater function is one of the most prestigious ones in the watchmaking repertoire. It chimes the hours, quarters and minutes, down to the minute, and can repeat the operation as many times as requested.

Opera Godfather Minute Repeater is dedicated to the namesake motion picture, its actors, its authors and fans. It's also a statement piece, showing what luxury watchmaking becomes when freed from conventions and limitations.