The Rock just wore a $4.7M Jacob & Co. watch to recieve the Disney equivalent of a knighthood
Wearing a timepiece covered in more than 100 carats of diamonds, The Rock certainly lived up to his name
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THE ROCK by name, rocks by nature.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson officially became a Disney Legend on Sunday, joining the likes of Anne Hathaway, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Jonas Brothers in receiving Disney’s highest honour at its D23 fan event in California. And, naturally, he brought a few rocks of his own along for the occasion.
A few, maybe, is an understatement. Sitting on Johnson’s wrist was the Jacob & Co. Billionaire Mini Ashoka Tourbillon, an 18k white-gold watch covered in more than 100 carats of diamonds and priced at a suitably ridiculous $3.3 million – or around £2.5 million, or A$4.7 million.
Suddenly, the Mickey Mouse watch you had as a child feels a little inadequate.
Jacob & Co. Billionaire Mini Ashoka Tourbillon
Ref: BL122.30.BD.BD.A
45m, 18k white gold, 492 white diamonds.
Johnson received the award for his contribution to Disney across film and voice work, having appeared in everything from Jungle Cruise and Race to Witch Mountain to the Moana franchise, where he plays Maui. But even surrounded by Disney royalty, his Jacob & Co. was fairly difficult to ignore.
The Billionaire Mini Ashoka is set with 492 white diamonds weighing 100.57 carats in total. Of those, 480 are rare Ashoka-cut stones: 62 cover the case and another 418 run across the bracelet. Throw in 11 baguette-cut diamond hour markers and a rose-cut diamond and, well, there isn’t exactly much room left for subtlety.
The Ashoka cut itself is rather special. Named after the third-century Indian emperor Ashoka Maurya and developed by legendary diamantaire William Goldberg, the elongated stone has rounded corners and 62 facets. According to Jacob & Co., fewer than one per cent of rough diamonds have the potential to be cut this way.
Which goes some way towards explaining the seven-figure price tag.
There is, however, an actual watch hiding underneath all that ice. The skeletonised JCAM23 calibre was developed specifically for the Billionaire collection, with white-gold bridges deliberately kept thin so as not to distract from the diamonds surrounding them. The hand-wound movement is made from 167 components, offers around 72 hours of power reserve and, because apparently 100 carats of diamonds weren’t enough, houses a one-minute tourbillon.
The whole thing measures 53mm by 40mm and is just 12mm thick, with an 18k white-gold case and bracelet and 30 metres of water resistance. Only 18 examples are being made.
So yes, Johnson might have gone to D23 to become an official Disney Legend. But when you turn up wearing $4.7 million and 100 carats of diamonds on your wrist, it’s difficult not to steal a little of the spotlight.
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