The white gold Fleurs de Jardin, with a baguette-cut, diamond bezel and black sapphire flowers.

The white gold Fleurs de Jardin, with a baguette-cut, blue sapphire bezel and multicolored flowers.

The Fleurs De Jardin in rose gold and rainbow baguette sapphires

The Fleurs De Jardin in white gold and white diamond with a tsavorite central flower

The rose gold Fleurs de Jardin, with a baguette-cut, diamond bezel and multicolored flowers.

The Fleurs De Jardin in white gold and full white diamonds with a tsavorite central flower

The rose gold Fleurs de Jardin, with a baguette-cut, pink sapphire bezel and multicolored flowers.

FLEURS DE JARDIN

Rose Gold and Pink Sapphires

Flowers are an essential part of the high jewelry repertoire. Jacob & Co. decided to add horological roots to this classic and created Fleurs de Jardin (French for Garden Flowers). Over 30 years of experience in the highest spheres of gemology allowed the crafting of petals out of gems using the signature kite-cut. This wrist-sized garden is a colorful enchantment for the senses. The tourbillon carriage is shaped like a butterfly, pollinating the surrounding flowers. Making fruitful use of the vast color range of sapphires, Jacob & Co. crafted 9 of them. The central one is the queen of this garden, a large Jacob-cut gem surrounded by more gem petals. The Fleurs de Jardin case is designed like a greenhouse. Made of transparent sapphire, it offers a unique view on an ever-changing landscape. A gold and baguette-cut-gems frame underlines this botanical timepiece.

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. Embracing colorful gems to express the beauty of nature, there is poetry and horology in Fleurs de Jardin.

Creating a miniature, mechanical, rotating garden required going beyond all preconceptions, innovating and breaking barriers. Caliber JCAM31 is one of the most advanced and complex movements in the Jacob & Co. catalog. Its role is to provide life and energy to all flowers, while making one full rotation every 10 minutes. Caliber JCAM31 is a three-dimensional movement with a central, vertical axis. It carries spinning gem-made flowers. Its platform base, made of mother-of-pearl, bears more flowers rotating in the opposite direction of the rest of the movement. This perpetual motion imitates the cycle of life. The precious stones selection and setting process devised by Jacob & Co. is extremely demanding. Drawing from over 30 years of experience in high jewelry, it results in perfectly smooth, seamless surfaces of gleaming gems. The rare and demanding kite-cut is the root of all flowers in Fleurs de Jardin. The highest, largest one uses the patented, signature Jacob Cut. Carved from a large rough of extremely high quality, it receives the exclusive, spherical, 288-facet cut.

Slide Image 1 of 2 - Front Interior Movement of the Fleurs de Jardin Watch

Back Interior Movement of the Fleurs de Jardin Watch

One full movement rotation in 10 minutes. 444 components.Double-axis flying tourbillon. Orbital dial. Rotating flower beds. 48-hour power reserve.

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Fleurs de Jardin fertilizes constant motion with poetry. It is a composition of spinning plants that are actually complications, achieved by exclusive, hand-wound Caliber JCAM31.

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THE ROTATING PLATFORM

The most visually striking feature of Fleurs de Jardin is its structure. From the mother-of-pearl back-dial emerges a vertical platform. It revolves on its own axis in 10 minutes. Its constant motion powers all the movement's flowers and indications.

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THE DOUBLE-AXIS FLYING TOURBILLON

At the end of one satellite arm hangs a flying tourbillon. It's held inside an butterfly-shaped, openworked carriage. It revolves on its axis in 60 seconds. Since it travels along with the central platform, this adds a second axis, with a 10-minute rotation period.

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THE ORBITAL DIAL

At the end of another satellite arm lies the hour and minute dial. The platform rotation would normally shift the numbers and make their reading impossible. Jacob & Co. has fitted the dial with a patented differential system. It spins in the opposite direction of the platform, at the same speed. As a result, it remains constantly upright and readable.

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THE FLOWERS

The satellites of Fleurs de Jardin's rotating structure are individual flowers. One flowerbed is located on the movement's base dial, rotating counterclockwise every 10 minutes. The frame above it hosts three more static flowers, rotating at the same speed as the platform. On the same level as the dial and flying tourbillon, a double flower spins in 60 seconds.

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THE BUTTERFLY BUCKLE

All gardens have hidden parts. For Fleurs de Jardin, a surprise awaits every time the wearer takes their timepiece on or off. The delicate strap is held shut by a gold, openworked butterfly-shaped buckle.

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Blending poetry with high watchmaking and high jewelry, Fleurs de Jardin is a delicate blossom of light and colors. Don't be surprised if you lose yourself in this dreamlike garden. Fleurs de Jardin is meant to be a distraction from the world.

Slide Image 1 of 6 - The pink-sapphire fleurs de jardin watch.