This $280,000 Bugatti Watch Has A Tiny, Working W16 Engine Inside.
Last year Bugatti and Jacob & Co. signed an agreement to create timepieces that honor the power and performance of both brands. Jacob & Co.‘s latest collaborative watch showcases the watchmaker’s tenacity for making timepieces that straddle both the world of engineering and art.
The Jacob & Co. Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon houses a tiny moving replica of the Bug’s signature W16 engine. Layered beneath a bulky sapphire crystal and suspended within four “shock absorbers,” the miniature motor actually moves. Push the right-hand crown and the turbos spool, the crankshaft turns over, and even the teeny tiny pistons pump up and down. There’s even a functioning “fuel reserve” that monitors the watch’s 60-hour battery reserve.
The 578 different parts inner workings of the stunning timepiece took more than a year for Jacob & Co. to create. The intricate engine lives in a lightweight blackened titanium case, which measures in at 54 by 44 millimeters, and sits atop a rubber strap with a titanium buckle. That titanium buckle meant to assure the watch stays strapped at 300-plus miles per hour.
Priced at $280,000 USD, each Bugatti x Jacob & Co. Chiron Tourbillon watch is made to order so that that owner can customize the watch to match their car.
