Jacob & Co.
Bugatti Tourbillon Sapphire Crystal
The Bugatti Tourbillon line carries a V16 engine-block automaton with titanium pistons on a crankshaft; the page presents the sapphire-crystal execution as the first with a case cut entirely from sapphire.
Specification
Case
- Shape
- Bugatti (tonneau-derived)
- Size
- 55 × 44 mm
- Height
- 15 mm
- Material
- solid sapphire crystal with gold details; caseback, caseband and bezel each cut from a block, over 800 hours of machining per the page
- Water Resistance
- 30 m / 3 ATM
Movement
- Calibre
- JCAM55
- Type
- hand-wound, with automaton
- Functions
- off-centred jumping retrograde hours and retrograde minutes; 30-second flying tourbillon; movement and automaton power reserves; V16 engine-block automaton in transparent sapphire
- Power Reserve
- 80 hours (the page's specification table; the page's own descriptive text says 48 hours - an internal conflict the brand has not resolved, 27 Aug 2026)
- Frequency
- 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
- Components
- 557
- Jewels
- 74
- Notable
- the automaton is a single block of transparent sapphire with 16 drilled cylinders housing 16 titanium pistons on a single-axis crankshaft; it stores 20 full animation sequences of 20 seconds each on one wind; the retrograde hands each sweep a 270-degree arc (all per the page)
Details
- Dial
- none in the conventional sense; the page describes the engine block and two counters as the display
- Straps
- rubber strap with louvers; gold and titanium deployment buckle
Price
- Retail
- $1,200,000, as of Jun 2026 (as reported by Revolution, 2 Jun 2026; tax/duty/delivery basis unstated)