CRISTIANO RONALDO GETS LUXURIOUS WATCH BY JACOB & CO WORTH 780,000 US$ (NOT TO BE SOLD)

Mahtab Bashir
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A football icon, Portugal captain and former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has been gifted £630,000 watch designed to celebrate his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr.

Ronaldo has been gifted a one-off Jacob & Co watch that’s worth a staggering £630,000 (780,000 US$). The green coloured watch has been gifted in celebration of his move to Saudi Arabia.

Ronaldo’s new watch is green, the same colour as the Saudi flag, while boasting 338 ultra-rare gemstones. It’s also 18K white gold and 47mm x 15.85mm, hence the eye-watering £630,000 (19,000000 PKR) valuation of the timepiece.

The timepiece is worth £630,000 and is green in celebration of his move to Saudi Arabia

The striking colour of the watch was chosen as a tribute to Saudi Arabia, where Ronaldo relocated earlier this month after joining the football team Al Nassr.

Tsavorites are less expensive than their cousins but 200 times rarer, thus the watchmaker chose them rather than using emeralds to get its verdant tint.

The watch's 47 mm 18k white gold case, bezel, face, and crown are all set with 388 premium, baguette-cut tsavorites. While this might seem a little excessive, it gives the watch a stunning, all-green appearance that is difficult to forget. The strap is the only component of the watch that isn't coated in stones, yet even that is crafted from green alligator leather.

The calibre JCAA43 movement, which powers the watch, has bridges made specifically to suit the gem setting. At six o'clock, the hand-wound calibre powers the flying tourbillon for hours, minutes, and seconds. It contains 42 hours of power reserve and 216 components.

But while the watch boasts incredible value the vast majority of the world, to Ronaldo it’s merely a drop in the ocean.

The 37-year-old is earning a staggering £173million a year to play for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, making him the highest-paid star in world football.

A coveted gift to Pakistan's PM from MBS

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is more than just a wonderful footballer though, with Ronaldo also being the most followed star on Instagram with 540million followers.

It is pertinent to mention here, the previous government in Pakistan sold a $2 million luxury watch gifted to Pakistan’s sportsman turned politician, Imran Khan from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, when Khan was a prime minister of Pakistan.

The Graff wristwatch was part of the gifts whose sale landed Imran Khan in a soup and subsequent politics ban.