Luxury does not know limits and Bugatti has just proved it once more. At least in regard to purchasing power of its customers. Not happy with manufacturing some of the most exclusive cars on the planet, now Bugatti has allied with a crystal artisan and a jeweler to continue exploring Other areas of luxurybeyond that including its supercar.
Your last piece: a craft jewel that You will not be able to get out of the garagebut it costs the same as a Porsche 911: A board watch With the bugatti seal.
The passage of time in the history of Bugatti
To give life to this clock, Bugatti has joined forces with two reference names in the world of luxury: the artisan of the Lalique glass and the prestigious jeweler Jacob & Co. Together they have created the Bugatti Calandre, a piece inspired by the design of the mythical Bugatti Type 41 Royalea sports limousine built between 1927 and 1933 by Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean, of which only six units were produced worldwide.
The Bugatti Type 41 Royale It is considered One of the most exclusive and luxurious cars in the history of the brand, and its spirit and design lines are now moved to this board watch.
One of the characteristics more distinctive of Type 41 Royale It was the sculpture of an elephant located on the radiator cap, work of Rembrandt Bugatti, brother of the brand’s founder. This figure became an emblem of elegance and refinement of the brand, and now comes back to life in the Bugatti Calandre.
The clock has two statues of erect elephants on their hind legs, which faithfully mimic the historical Type 41 Bugatti supercar.
Bugatti Type 41 Royale
A Bugatti Tourbillon on the table
In the center of La Calandra are the clock handles, while a little below you can admire the mechanism of the clock developed by Jacob & CO, which had already collaborated with the car manufacturer in Your wrist watches.
The mechanism is discovered from Tourbillon type Formed by 189 components, which hooks with its hypnotic movement. The clock has an eight -day march autonomy, and has an exclusive rope mechanism integrated in its rear of carefully polished steel.
In the upper part, Bugatti’s macaron stands out in the same way that looks in the brands of the brand, highlighting for its characteristic red color. Coroning the assembly, a carved precious stone using the exclusive Jacob & Co cut system in the form of a ball with 288 facets that increase the reflection of the light on its surface.
It’s watch, it costs like a car
Although its design can be a matter of tastewhat does not admit discussion is that Bugatti Calandre is a piece reserved for very few. At least for its price.
Following the scarcity strategy Bugatti, manufacturers trio has agreed to manufacture only 99 units of this exclusive clock whose price amounts to $ 240,000, which is equivalent to something More than 210,000 euros to the current change.
For that price, there is a wide variety of jewels on wheels but, as they highlight in Motorpasiona lot approaches what a Porsche 911 would cost.
This board watch thus becomes a new exclusivity symbol, designed for those looking for something More than a luxury car: a work of art that can only be admired in the intimacy of a private room … always that you can afford it.
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Image | Unspash (Nejc Soklič), Wikimedia Commons (Johannes Maximilian), Jacob & Co
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