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Cristiano Ronaldo adds 7-figure worth hand-assembled stylish watch with 832 components to list of expensive timepieces

Al-Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo has flaunted a rare Jacob and Co designer watch.

The watch, priced at $1.3 million, is one of only 18 pieces of its kind. The Twin Turbo Furious, first released in 2018, features a monopusher chronograph and a time difference calculator. Its predecessor, the Twin Turbo, launched in 2016, is the world's first timepiece to 'combine two triple-axis tourbillions and a minute repeater.'

The watch and jewelry brand's CEO, Jacob Arabo, hand-delivered the rare piece to Ronaldo, as he 'happened to be in the neighbourhood'. In an Instagram post, Arabo wrote:

"I was in the neighbourhood, so I decided to personally deliver a $1.3 million watch for the one and only Cristiano."
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The watch delivered to Ronaldo is hand-decorated and hand-assembled, comprising 832 different components, its tourbillons having 104 components, weighing just 1.15 grams.

It has a giant 57 mm case and bezel made of 18-carat white gold is festooned with 344 baguette-cut white diamonds. As per Robb Report, the specially curved sapphire crystals at the front and back provides a clear view of the JCFM05 and 50-hour power reserve.

Other features include a smoked gray sapphire-crystal dial has Neoralithe on the periphery, a luminescent indices coated in Super-LumiNova and skeletonised hour and minute hands. The rare watch also has a 'pit board' and 'fuel gauge'.


What other luxury watches has Cristiano Ronaldo sported over the years?

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the world's most marketable athletes and has a taste for designer watches. He has a collaboration with Jacob and Co to create customised 'one-off' timepieces.

Apart from the aforementioned brand, the Portugal captain has also been seen sporting a Brilliant Flying Tourbilon priced at $700,000, a Girard-Perrgaux and the most expensive Rolex watch worth $497,000, featuring 18-carat white gold and 30 carats of diamonds.

On the field, the 38-year-old has been turning on the style and rolling back the years. In 16 competitive games across competitions for Al-Nassr this season, Ronaldo has bagged 15 goals and nine assists.

Most of those goal contributions - 12 goals and seven assists in 11 games - have come in the league, where Luis Castro's second-placed side trail Al-Hilal (32) by four points.

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