Whirlwind in a Web: RJ Teams with Marvel for Arraw Spider-Man Tourbillon

The Arraw Spider-Man Tourbillon by RJ marks not only the iconoclastic watchmaker's second collaboration with Marvel but also its very first in-house movement The watch follows RJ's first Spider-Man piece from 2018 and takes it to the next level of horological complexity, with a central tourbillon inspired by the arachnid hero and developed and produced entirely at RJ's atelier on the shores of Switzerland's Lake Geneva Made from grade 5 titanium, the tourbillon cage, along with its going wheel train, sports an openworked design reminiscent of a spiderweb; it is flanked by two black eyes in the style of those on Spider-Man's mask, affixed to the mainplate with contrasting finishing.

The hours and minutes display on the watch is also decidedly unconventional, using a planetary gear system that orbits 360º around the tourbillon to tell the time on the periphery of the dial with two black ruthenium hands shaped to mimic the legs of the spider emblem on the superhero's costume The 45-mm case with the characteristic RJ black rubber "Bumpers" is available in two materials; each version is limited to only 10 pieces The Arraw Spider-Man Tourbillon comes on an interchangeable, black polyamide strap, with a webbed texture like that of Spider-Man's costume and a spider icon which has been thermoformed on the surface area nearest the lugs, and reinforced on its underside with a black rubber inlay.

The packaging for the watch is also distinctly spidery: a black wood box with RJ bumpers, a Spider-Man web and logo engraved on the lid, and eight spider legs fixed to its sides. . Source