Hey Rihanna, What Time is it Please?
August 02, 23
(IDEX Online) - Has Rihanna started a new trend, with a $700,000 Jacob & Co diamond watch on a neck choker?
It certainly provoked a reaction at the Louis Vuitton Fashion Show, in Paris, even if it ignored one very basic requirement for wearing a timepiece.
The Barbadian singer, 35, was involved in the design, adapting the Brilliant Flying Tourbillon watch to be worn on a black calfskin choker, stamped with an alligator-leather pattern.
The watch itself is white gold, set with 338 baguette white diamonds and one cabochon-cut diamond, with a total weight of 30.04 ct.
In preparation for the fashion event, Rihanna decided she would wear a timepiece in a completely different way," said Jacob & Co on its website.
"She came to Jacob & Co. with the concept, like she had many times before. That relationship goes back over a decade. She and Jacob Arabo would often discuss the jewelry she would wear."
Jacob & Co observes elsewhere on its website that it "developed the Brilliant collection for the woman who appreciates technical watchmaking, while at the same time wants something beautiful to adorn her wrist."
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