Jacob & Co. Watches - News, Collections and Prices

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Jacob & Co. is a jewellery and watch house founded in New York in 1986 by Jacob Arabo, an Uzbekistan-born diamond designer, and now headquartered in Geneva with its watchmaking in Switzerland. It became known first for gem-setting and celebrity jewellery, then rebuilt itself as a high-complication watchmaker: the Astronomia, launched in 2014, carries a triple-axis gravitational tourbillon with orbiting satellites for the dial, and the Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon houses a working miniature sixteen-cylinder engine. The brand is unusual in combining serious complicated movements with maximalist design and full-pave gem work in the same reference.

Jacob & Co.Founded 1986New YorkGenevaJacob AraboAstronomiaBugatti Chiron TourbillonTwin Turbo Furious

The Collection

Astronomia

Triple axis · 43-50mm

Multi-axis gravitational tourbillon

Bugatti Chiron

Tourbillon · 57mm

Animated W16 engine module

Twin Turbo Furious

Grand complication

Quadruple-axis tourbillons, decimal repeater

Casino / Opera

Animation complications

Roulette and music-box modules

Epic X / Billionaire

Sport and full-pave

Skeleton and invisible-set stones

Latest Jacob & Co. Coverage

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News

If You’re Interested in Independent Watch Brands

By Andre Frois · July 28, 2026

News

Jacob & Co Has Created the Fastest Tourbillon Ever

By Andre Frois · January 13, 2026

Celebrities

Odell Beckham Jr. On Fame, Fatherhood, Fashion, and Fighting For His Next Big Moment — On and Off the Field

By Laura Schreffler · July 23, 2025

News

Ohana Development & Jacob & Co. Unveil a $1.3 Billion Coastal Masterpiece in Abu Dhabi

By Adrienne Faurote · May 13, 2025

Events

Jacob & Co. Creates The Word’s First Four-Axis Tourbillon

By Adrienne Faurote · March 31, 2025

News

Jacob & Co. Just Dropped The World Is Yours Dual Timezone Tourbillon

By Adrienne Faurote · March 19, 2025

All 91 Jacob & Co. Stories

Milestones

1986

Jacob Arabo opens a jewellery workshop in New York's diamond district.

2002

The Five Time Zone watch makes the brand a name outside jewellery.

2014

Astronomia debuts with a triple-axis gravitational tourbillon and orbiting satellites.

2019

Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon puts a working sixteen-cylinder engine model in a wristwatch.

Frequently Asked

Who founded Jacob & Co.?

Jacob Arabo, born in Uzbekistan and raised in New York, who began as a diamond setter and opened his own workshop in 1986. The watchmaking arm came later and is based in Switzerland, with the company headquartered in Geneva.

Is Jacob & Co. a real watchmaker or a jeweller?

Both, and the watches are genuinely complicated. The Astronomia's multi-axis gravitational tourbillon and the Twin Turbo Furious decimal minute repeater are technically serious pieces; the difference from a traditional maison is that Jacob & Co. treats complication as spectacle rather than restraint.

What is the Astronomia?

Jacob & Co.'s signature: a movement whose entire dial side rotates, carrying a tourbillon, a rotating globe, a moon and often a large cut diamond around a central axis. It is the reference most collectors associate with the brand.

Where can I read Jacob & Co. coverage from a watch publication?

Haute Time has published around 56 Jacob & Co. stories - Astronomia and Bugatti launches, high-jewellery pieces and interviews with Jacob Arabo.