unveiled the Epic SF24, a world time zone timepiece with a patented mechanical retro-style split-flap system that displays the time in 24 cities around the world. What followed was a list of trailblazing timepieces. It was a hit and launched Arabo's career as a watchmaker. His first Swiss-made timepiece in 2007 was the Quenttin, the first watch ever made with a vertical tourbillon and a 31-day power reserve.
I'm also willing to spend the money to achieve my vision."
I'm a contemporary watch and jewelry designer and I'm not bound by anything. "A lot of watch brands are bound by their heritage. "I'm not from the Swiss watch industry, so I come with a perspective that is new and different, Arabo says. This time, thanks to his success with the Five Timezone watch, he received a better reception and he was able to find watchmakers and suppliers to build the watches he envisioned, although it still wasn't easy, since he was constantly being told the watches he envisioned were impossible to make.īut Jacob Arabo persisted and it paid off. Undeterred by his first attempt to enter the Swiss watchmaking industry, in 2007 he returned to Switzerland where he founded Jacob & Co. Today even the most historic and prestigious Swiss watch brands commonly create timepieces with interchangeable straps and bracelets. It became a huge hit with his famous clients and led a trend in the watch industry. It was called the Five Timezone watch, where the look of the watch can be changed with different bezels and straps. So, he went home and created a quartz watch that didn't need the Swiss. "The vendors in Switzerland wouldn't work with me." "The Swiss watch industry is a very traditional business, and my ideas don't conform with the norm," Arabo says. However, at first, things didn't go as planned. Switzerland, the center of the watchmaking world is where he went. However, from the time his father gave him a watch at the age of 13 he wanted to create high-end timepieces. in 1986 as a jewelry brand and became quite successful, developing an international reputation for selling luxury jewels to some of the most popular entertainers in the world as well as royalty and business leaders. Long before disruption became one of the most overused terms in business, Jacob Arabo was disrupting the Swiss watch industry by creating timepieces that were never dreamed of before, much less realized.
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