The black titanium Opera Godfather, with rose gold cylinders.

The rose gold Opera Godfather, with diamond-set, rose gold cylinders.

The black titanium Opera Godfather, with diamond-set, white gold cylinders.

The rose gold Opera Godfather, with rose gold cylinders.

OPERA GODFATHER

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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 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 miniature sculpture of Don Vito Corleone sitting on his chair. 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 is about theatrics, and meaning.

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Caliber JCFM04 is a movement like no other. It combines high watchmaking and The Godfather's actual music. Made of a total of 658 components, 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. Caliber JCFM04 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. Such a set of complications and structure are entirely unique.

Front Interior Movement of the Opera Godfather Watch

Back Interior Movement of the Opera Godfather Watch

658 components. Music box playing 30-second The Godfather theme with rotating movement. Triple-axis flying tourbillon. Godfather-inspired decor. 50-hour power reserve.

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The 654-component Opera Godfather movement is built on top of a rotating base. It tells time with an off-centered rotating dial. It features a flying, high speed, triple-axis tourbillon. This contemporary complication is mastered only by the most qualified movement constructors and watchmakers.

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THE CRANK AND CROWN

The energy required by the music box and rotating movement is very high. The Opera Godfather is wound by hand, using the crank at 3 o'clock. Jacob & Co. designed it like a violin, whose neck folds and spins. With a pusher at 10 o'clock, the caseband of the Opera Godfather 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 JCFM04 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 ROTATING MOVEMENT

When the music box pusher is activated, the melody starts and the entire movement dances along. It rotates on a central axis. The tourbillon, the cylinders, the central miniature sculpture, all the visible elements are in play. That includes the off-centered hour and minute dial, which spins counterclockwise at the same speed as the movement goes clockwise, and so remains upright.

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DON CORLEONE'S MINIATURE

Don Corleone wearing a red rose on his lapel is a reminder of The Godfather’s movie poster. It’s one of the key symbols of the character, and this is the way he is being depicted, as a three-dimensional figurine, sitting in the center of it all.

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THE TRIPLE-AXIS FLYING TOURBILLON

The tourbillon fitted in caliber JCFM04 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 LOGO

In all Opera Godfather timepieces, one of the covers of the music box is designed as a piano. It’s also covered with an engraving of the movie’s famous puppeteer strings and logo.

Opera Godfather 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.