Rihanna wears Jacob & Co. Watch Choker worth USD 670,000 at Pharrell's Louis Vuitton Fashion Show. Is @badgirlriri creating a new watch wearing trend? Here at the news desk of WatchPro, we are inundated daily with press releases about men wearing watches to red carpet events. We rarely cover these stories, not because they have no impact on watch sales, and are therefore of interest to the trade, but because the pictures usually do no justice to the timepieces since they are almost invisible or peaking out from under a well-tailored cuff. Rihanna, said to be a longstanding friend of Jacob & Co founder Jacob Arabo, has solved this problem with an appearance at this week’s Louis Vuitton Fashion Show in Paris wearing a diamond encrusted timepiece from the brand. And, in a masterful demonstration of how to send Instagram into meltdown and get a placed product into the news, she wore the $670,000 Jacob & Co. Brilliant Flying Tourbillon set encrusted in white diamonds around her neck as a choker. As a wristwatch, the piece is eye-catching enough. The 47mm white gold watch houses a hand-wound Jacob & Co. Caliber JCAM43 with 338 diamonds decorating its bridges. The case is set with another 170 baguette-cut diamonds, and there are 15 more on the crown. ONly 18 are being made.
Case: Diameter: 47 mm Height: 14.65 mm Material: 18K White Gold; Invisibly set with 170 Baguette-cut White Diamonds (~ 16.82 ct.); Crown Set with 14 Baguette-cut White Diamonds and One Cabochon-cut Diamond (~ 1.04 ct.); Case Back: Sapphire Glass Crystal: Sapphire with Anti-Reflective Treatment Water resistance: 30m (3atm) Dial & Hands: Dial: Invisibly set with 136 Baguette-cut White Diamonds (~ 10.43 ct.) Hands: Blued Leaf hands Strap: Bespoke White Calfskin with Alligator pattern Total Carat Weight: 338 Baguette White Diamonds and One Cabochon Cut Diamond (~ 30.04 ct.) 338 Brilliant-cut Diamonds (? 1.32 ct.)
Limited edition 18 pieces Price USD 670,000
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