高級雪茄和高檔腕表經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在手上,，所以這兩類物品走到一起進行合作，也就不足為奇了,。多米尼加歷史最為悠久的雪茄制造商拉奧羅拉公司日前和美國奢侈品牌珠寶商Jacob & Co.（雅各布公司）聯(lián)合推出一款高檔腕表,，這款腕表還配有雪茄保濕盒以及10支限量版雪茄。
這次合作推出的腕表是雅各布的史詩X（Epic X）系列,，這個系列的腕表曾經(jīng)多次出現(xiàn)在一些聯(lián)名款里,。比如和足球運動員克里斯蒂亞諾·羅納爾多合作推出過一次，還和豪華汽車制造商布加迪（Bugatti）合作過,。這款史詩X拉奧羅拉腕表的表面是可以看見內(nèi)部構(gòu)造的透明鏤空設(shè)計,，表殼是44毫米的玫瑰金,，配有華麗的裝飾，表盤上有拉奧羅拉的標志物獅子,、名字以及該公司最為經(jīng)典的1號完美造型雪茄的圖案,。
和腕表組合的是一個雪茄保濕盒以及10支拉奧羅拉120周年限量版雪茄。這款雪茄是去年為了紀念拉奧羅拉公司120周年而發(fā)布的,，定位為常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線,，但是去年只生產(chǎn)了2500盒。每盒是10支裝盒,，在美國的售價是每盒400美元,。雪茄是完美造型，58環(huán)徑,，6英寸,，完全由多米尼加煙葉卷制。茄衣是哈瓦那92煙葉,，茄套是奧羅煙葉,，加薪是古巴皮洛托、奧羅,、科羅霍的混合煙葉,。120周年紀念版采用完美造型，是為了紀念拉奧羅拉公司在1903年發(fā)布的第一批完美造型雪茄,。為了復制當初的包裝,，這款紀念版雪茄也采用了鉸鏈式的棺材木盒小包裝。
聯(lián)名腕表只生產(chǎn)了10塊,，其中7塊預(yù)售給了拉奧羅拉家族的吉列爾莫·萊昂以及他們家族的朋友,，僅有三塊對外出售。這三塊表分別陳列在雅各布的實體門店,，分布在紐約,、邁阿密、瑞士的日內(nèi)瓦三個城市,。每塊腕表的售價是4.8萬美元,。
雪茄行業(yè)里經(jīng)常有制造商和腕表制造商合作推出聯(lián)名款腕表，比如拉帕利納公司和阿克特隆腕表,，阿圖羅·富恩特和宇舶表,，阿塔迪斯煙草公司和法國BRM腕表,，非古高希霸與瑞士真力時腕表,，太平洋雪茄經(jīng)銷公司曾經(jīng)發(fā)布過一款裝滿古巴雪茄和瑞士庫爾沃腕表的雪茄保濕盒。
Premium cigars and fine watches go hand-in-hand, so it’s no surprise when these two worlds come together for high-end collaborations. The newest partnership brings together the oldest Dominican cigarmaker, La Aurora, with the luxury jeweler Jacob & Co., for a new La Aurora-branded watch that comes with a humidor and limited-edition smokes.
The collaboration revolves around Jacob & Co.’s Epic X watch collection, a series of timepieces that’s appeared in several prominent partnerships, including one with soccer player Christiano Ronaldo and another with luxury car manufacturer Bugatti. The Epic X La Aurora timepiece is a skeleton watch with exposed inner workings. It features a rose gold 44mm case and ornate embellishments such as the La Aurora name, logo and an image of their classic No. 1 perfecto cigar.
With each purchase of the watch, customers will receive a humidor and 10 La Aurora 120th Anniversary Limited Edition cigars. The smokes were shipped to retailers this past fall, and are part of a larger, regular-production line from La Aurora released last year to celebrate the company’s 120th anniversary. At 6 inches long by 58 ring gauge, the double-tapered perfecto consists entirely of Dominican tobacco: A Habano ’92 wrapper, Olor binder and a combination of Piloto Cubano, Olor and Corojo filler. The perfecto is a tribute to the very first Preferidos from La Aurora in 1903 and comes in hinged, coffin-like tubos meant to replicate the original packaging. These cigars are made in small batches at La Aurora S.A. in the Dominican Republic, with only 2,500, 10-count boxes produced in total for this year.
The watches were limited to a production of just 10 units, seven of which were pre-sold to Guillermo León of La Aurora and his family and friends. The remaining three sets are available at Jacob & Co. brick-and-mortar stores across three destinations—New York City, Miami and Geneva, Switzerland. Each watch carries a suggested retail price of $48,000.
This wouldn’t be the first time a cigar company teams up with a watchmaker. Other cigar and watch collaborations include La Palina and Accutron; Arturo Fuente and Hublot; Altadis and B.R.M. Chronographes; and Cohiba and Zenith. Most recently, Habanos distributor Pacific Cigar Co. Ltd., released a humidor replete with Cuban cigars and a timepiece from Cuervo y Sobrinos.
