"Jacob the Jeweler,” this name you may have heard in one of the songs of Kenya West or 50 Cent. Jacob Jeweler is the nickname for Jacob Arabo, designer jewelry and watches most expensive in the United States.
Jewelry and watches worn by celebrities and socialites of the world, ranging from Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, and Beyoncé, to the family of the royal family.
Jacob was born in Uzbekistan and is 14 years old; his family immigrated to New York.
At the time his family builds a new life, Jacob got out of school at 16 years and a course at a trade school in Brooklyn jewelry. The first jewelry she made was a jewelry box, which makes it win the race in his class design.
Graduated from the school, Jacob worked in a jewelry factory. When applying for a job, he lied about his age, that he was 18 years old to get a job and pay the US $ 125 per week.
"When I was hungry to get a job," he says.
Jacob then designed his jewelry and working with a salesperson to sell it in the market.
"I always knew I had something in me I could do this," he said.
He also generated revenues more than the US $ 1,500 per week, over ten times her salary in the factory. He then did a jewelry workshop in his bedroom. He also recruited some of his friends at school jewels to help build a business.
Later, he moved his business to a factory on 45th Street in Manhattan. A few years later, she sold her jewelry to brand name itself.
Reputation unique products that are popular and many Hollywood celebrities come to him. Listening first is a rapper, BIG, and Diddy, who made the song to be named "Jacob the Jeweler.” His name has been called the least in 70 songs.
Big names such as designers Dolce & Gabbana also buy jewelry. His clients range Michael Jackson, David Beckham, and Madonna. They even invited to the party orient them and asked him to design jewelry to wear on the red carpet and magazines.
Then, Jacob develops a first clock named "Angel" from the name of his wife Angela, in 2001. Supermodel Naomi Campbell wears a homemade clock called Five Time Zone Watch (five-time-zone clock) for a fashion media.
Free publication sparked a huge demand for the hour. The diamond-encrusted watch is intended for clients who like to travel.
Hours Jacob has a unique characteristic of its complexity Astronomy watches with transparent glass. The price starts from the US $ 200 thousand (Rp2, 64 billion) to about the US $ 1 million (13.2 billion).
You can buy Jacob & Co watches in 20 countries. Chronological and Swiss watchmaker, who come to Basel world to see his work every year, now respect the brand.
One hour of his trademark, with technical design, is Quentin, which retails for the US $ 358 thousand. This clock designed at the request of the famous director Quentin Tarantino.
Billionaire Watch with 260 karats of diamonds worth the US $ 18 million to be one of the most expensive watches ever created Jacob.
World leaders wear jewelry. Some of the celebrity world who wore her jewelry is Paris Hilton and Pharrell.
"If it's not a celebrity, a businessman, a prince, or a queen ... I met all these people," he said.
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