Description

In 2022, Jacob & Co. partnered with Warner Bros and DC Comics to create a Batman-themed timepiece. Drawing inspiration from both Bruce Wayne and the Dark Knight himself, Jacob & Co. uses both characters' attributes. Their personality and lifestyle are all featured in Gotham City as the ultimate Bat-tribute.

Batman and Bruce Wayne are one and the same. To reflect this duality, Gotham City was created in two inseparable versions. One in black DLC titanium, reflecting Batman's dark nature. The other in rose gold, flamboyant like Bruce Wayne. Both versions of Gotham City look like they came out of a Wayne Enterprises secret workshop.

Every piece of each watch is a nod to a piece of Bat-gear. The crown is covered with a rubber band shaped like the Batmobile's tires. The case is faceted like the Batsuit. The flying tourbillon carriages are shaped like grappling hooks. The dial is shaped like the Bat-Signal. Even the hands' shape is a nod to the Batarang.

On the black DLC titanium version, the caseback features a Batman drawing by Jim Lee, perhaps Batman's most influential artist in the past 20 years. On the rose gold version, it reveals a large bat-shaped, rose gold bridge.

Tourbillons defy gravity thanks to advanced watchmaking, a branch of engineering. And so does Batman and his pieces of equipment. Therefore developing caliber JCFM10 required a giant innovation leap : translating fantasy gear into micro-mechanical reality.

It took several years to achieve a functioning movement containing the ultimate expression of tourbillons. The ones in caliber JCFM10 are flying, just like Batman. They revolve around three axes, which makes sense for a superhero that likes to hang upside down to surprise his foes. And these rotations are fast, Batman-fast. Gotham City is a tribute to Batman down to the last horological detail.

The tourbillons fitted in caliber JCFM10 are held only by their lower end, with no upper bridge. This makes them flying tourbillons. Their carriages are shaped like Bat-hooks, rotating along three axes. This triple-axis structure enhances the benefits of the tourbillon. Using two such tourbillons side by side deepens that effect and augments their accuracy. Individually, these tourbillons are exceptional. Put side by side and acting together is one of the rarest, most complex and most demanding accomplishments in watchmaking.