GEM-SETTING
Lugs and Bezel: Invisibly-set with 136 White Baguette-cut Diamonds (9.46 ct.)
Roulette Base: Invisibly-set with 112 White Baguette-cut Diamonds (3.47 ct.)
Clasp : Invisibly-set with 18 White Baguette-cut Diamonds (1.75 ct.)
Total Carat Weight: 236 White Baguette-cut Diamonds (14.68 ct.)
DESIGN INSPIRATION
Astronomia Casino takes the original Astronomia Concept to a new dimension : the roulette dimension. The base of the Astronomia platform is entirely overhauled and receives a fully functional game of roulette. The base itself is a series of 37 pockets, numbered 1 to 36 in black and red lacquer, and the famed green zero.
The top of the carousel takes on the shape of a roulette turret with its four spokes. The white ceramic ball flies inside the roulette as the impressively fast mechanism is activated by its pusher. The complication is both a mechanical and a design achievement coming together as one flamboyant and unique feature.
THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Creating a miniature game of roulette required going beyond all preconceptions, innovating and breaking barriers. Caliber JCAM36 is one of the most advanced and complex movements in the Jacob & Co. catalog.
Caliber JCAM36 is a three-dimensional movement with a central, vertical axis. It carries four arms. All of them rotate on their individual axis, and around the central axis. A double-axis tourbillon, a diamond moon, an Earth globe, a rotating dial, its complications take on the form of planetary bodies.
The roulette module is located in the movement base. It spins the wheel-head fast, freely and for an impressively long time. The white ball bounces long and randomly enough to make Astronomia Casino a true portable game of chance.
THE COMPLICATIONS & FEATURES
Caliber JCAM36 builds on the original Astronomia movement. It spins faster and uses a double-axis flying tourbillon instead of the triple-axis one. Removing that third axis saves enough height to fit in the roulette table complication.
THE ROULETTE TABLE
A pusher, a train of ball bearings and a finely developed mechanism make for this unique complication, never implemented at such scale. The energy needed by the pusher is low and finger-friendly. The rotating speed, at its best when the watch is set flat, was meant to be as fast and spectacular as possible.
THE DOUBLE-AXIS-FLYING TOURBILLON
At the end of one satellite arm hangs a flying tourbillon. It's held inside an openworked carriage. It revolves on its axis in 60 seconds. Since it travels along with the central platform, this adds a second axis, with a 10 minute rotation period.
THE ORBITAL DIAL
At the end of another satellite arm lies the hour and minute dial. The platform rotation would normally shift the numbers and make their reading impossible. Jacob & Co. has fitted the dial with a patented differential system. It spins in the opposite direction of the platform, at the same speed. As a result, it remains constantly upright and readable.
THE EARTH
As Astronomia Casino represents a solar system, it contains our home planet. Crafted out of magnesium for lightness, earth is hand-lacquered in blue for likeness. The shape of emerged grounds and continents is clearly visible. This Earth spins on its own axis every 30 seconds.
THE DIAMOND MOON
Astronomia Casino features a moon. That's the planet chosen to represent the high jewelry part of Jacob & Co.'s identity. This moon is actually a 1 ct. white diamond. Carved from a large rough of extremely high quality, it receives the exclusive, spherical, 288-facet, Jacob-cut. This moon spins on its own axis in 30 seconds.
THE LIFESTYLE
High rollers, gamblers and chance-takers will recognize Astronomia Casino as the timepiece designed and meant for them. Elaborate in design and functionality, it's also a watch that has literally no equivalent, as are so many Jacob & Co. timepieces.
