Following final 12 months’s collaboration with streetwear purveyor Supreme, luxurious jewelry Tiffany & Co. has as soon as once more pushed the boundary of its craft. For this 12 months’s season of gifting, the American jeweller determined to merge the worlds of vehicles and timekeeping. Enter the “Time for Velocity”, a clock that’s modelled after race vehicles from the Nineteen Fifties.

An artisanal souvenir that showcases the jeweller’s savoir-faire, this race automotive clock pays homage to Tiffany’s lengthy historical past of constructing automotive trophies and the primary being the Vanderbilt Cup in 1904. Quick ahead to 2022, Tiffany unveiled its third racing trophy in over a century: the Method 1 Miami Grand Prix.

The car-shaped clock has an aluminium physique with Tiffany Blue painted throughout and options hard-wearing rubber tires with polished stainless-steel spokes and rims. Tiffany’s experience in watchmaking and gem-setting take centre stage as spherical sensible diamonds with a complete carat weight of 19.53 are assiduously positioned by hand on the timepiece. These scintillating diamonds adorn the clock’s bezel and engraving plate in a pavé setting.

On the left facet of the automotive clock contains a brushed stainless-steel aperture opening the place its potential proprietor can learn the time. On the entrance, Tiffany’s traditional monogram will be seen on the grille whereas the quantity 5 is painted atop the automotive, which is a nod to the jeweller’s iconic flagship on New York’s Fifth Avenue.

The time will be set by rotating the three-spoke steering wheel counter-clockwise and its motion is wound by pulling the automotive backwards on a flat floor. One can observe the escape mechanism and stability wheel within the driver’s seat.

There are two variations of the Time for Velocity: one with diamonds and one with out. For the previous, it is going to price US$215,000 and is available in restricted amount whereas the latter is US$40,000. One in all these unique iterations will probably be make accessible solely in Japan.

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