Godfather of All Watches: $1.2m Tribute to Mafia Boss
April 06, 26
(IDEX Online) - Jacob & Co.'s Opera Godfather Baguette is more than a luxury watch set with almost 1,100 diamonds.
It boasts a miniature music box, that plays a 30-second clip of the haunting theme tune, and a tiny rotating figurine of Don Corleone, the mafia crime boss at the center the iconic 1972 movie, played by Marlon Brando.
The newly-launched Opera Godfather Baguette is an update to the 2022 Opera Godfather 50th Anniversary. It is set with many more diamonds, and a $1.2 million price tag.
The 18K rose‑gold case is invisibly set with 447 white baguette‑cut diamonds (approx. 28.68 carats), and the music‑box cylinders are set with 666 brilliant‑cut white diamonds (approx. 1.85 carats).
The entire movement assembly (including the triple‑axis tourbillon, music‑box cylinders, Don Corleone figurine, and the off‑center hour and minute dial all rotate counterclockwise as a single unit when the wearer presses a pusher at 10 o'clock.
The watch is part of an official licensing and creative partnership with Paramount Pictures, the studio that owns The Godfather film and its music.
Pic courtesy Jacob & Co.