Jacob & Co. Mystery Tourbillon 44 mm — The What, The Why And The Price

Jacob & Co. has long occupied a space where haute horlogerie and high jewellery intersect — a house that treats movements like stage mechanics and gemstones like the lead performers. The Mystery Tourbillon 44 mm is that philosophy made manifest: a watch that reads as both a technical triumph and a wearable gem sculpture, designed with the firm’s unabashed appetite for spectacle and craftsmanship.

The House: Where Jewellery and Watchmaking collide
Jacob & Co. is synonymous with theatrical watchmaking. The brand consistently blends bold visual concepts with serious mechanical talent, producing pieces that are as much objet d’art as timekeepers. With the Mystery Tourbillon 44 mm, Jacob & Co. leans into its dual strengths — gem-setting excellence and complicated calibres — to create a creation that’s intended to be admired at a glance and inspected closely for days.

The concept: Light, Geometry and a Blooming tourbillon
At first sight the Mystery Tourbillon 44 mm reads like a field of light. The 44-mm white-gold case is entirely pavéd with baguette and hexagon-cut white diamonds — 510 stones totalling 23.75 carats — set using Jacob & Co.’s signature invisible technique so that metal disappears and light rules. The result is a pure, luminous plane punctuated with horological accents: blue sapphire hour markers and two rubies placed like little mysteries within the composition.

What lifts the design from dazzling jewellery to mechanical theatre is the central, triple-axis flying tourbillon — a rotating “flower” that rises and aligns every two minutes. Its carriage is an unprecedented gem-set construction: nine polygonal-cut white diamonds surround a 288-facet Jacob-cut diamond at the very heart. That central Jacob-cut stone alone is a remarkable 0.5 carat, and together these gems sit directly on the tourbillon carriage, spinning continuously in a display that is equal parts engineering and choreography.

Dial & display: Mystery with Clarity
Jacob & Co. references the tradition of “mysterious” clocks in its display: time is indicated on concentric rings rather than conventional hands. Hours and minutes are read via rings where each marker is a baguette-cut ruby; a third ring holds the twelve sapphire hour indices. This layered system gives the watch a clean, jewel-focused vista while keeping the mechanical spectacle in the center.

Craftsmanship: Invisible settings, Bold gem choices
Every diamond visible on the case and bezel is baguette-cut and invisibly set — a technique that conceals the gold holding the stones so the surface reads as uninterrupted light. The mix of white diamonds with blue sapphires and the occasional ruby creates a formal, elegant contrast: the sapphires act as architectural punctuation, the rubies as secretive markers in an otherwise white expanse.

The Movement
Beneath the jewellery opera is a high-complication movement crafted to support a triple-axis, flying central tourbillon that not only rotates but emerges like a mechanical blossom. The constant spin of a heavily gemmed tourbillon carriage — especially one bearing a half-carat Jacob-cut diamond — is a rare watchmaking feat and underlines Jacob & Co.’s commitment to marrying exuberant gem work with credible horological substance. The Mystery Tourbillon 44 mm is presented as a gender neutral piece, a reminder that high complications need not be austere or neutered — they can sparkle.

Approximate Price : INR 11,49,38,492