5 top brands of watches in orange color
As watches continue to embrace a wider range of color options for their dials, straps and other details, orange remains relatively scarce in the expanding… Read More »5 top brands of watches in orange color
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The Most Complicated Watch Ever Made
A custom-made creation Made using the classic principles of watchmaking along with resolutely 21st century thinking, this watch is an entirely original creation exhibiting a… Read More »The Most Complicated Watch Ever Made
Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon With Three Gold Bridges
A new creative spirit. At the end of the bicentenary year, Besson expressed a desire to retire and to sell Girard-Perregaux. Macaluso – who, as… Read More »Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon With Three Gold Bridges
Montblanc Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique
The new Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique represents a horological innovation that introduces many new featurese to haute horlogerie. It is the first wristwatch with a tourbillon escapement… Read More »Montblanc Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique
The Tourbillon and Other Gravity-Defying Escapements
Perhaps the most lauded achievement of Abraham-Louis Breguet was his invention of the tourbillon, patented in 1801. The 18th century pocket watch, despite its many… Read More »The Tourbillon and Other Gravity-Defying Escapements
LIP “Tourbillon” movement wristwatch – 1930
A tourbillon is an exceptionally complicated and expensive category of timekeeping movement that only the most skilled watch companies are able to manufacture. Specifically, a… Read More »LIP “Tourbillon” movement wristwatch – 1930
Orbis Mundi limited edition tourbillon amadeo 18K rose gold gents aiom505 2012
Orbis Mundi limited edition tourbillon amadeo 18K rose gold gents aiom505 2012 Hours, minutes, seconds on tourbillon, second time zone (hours & minutes), city indicator,… Read More »Orbis Mundi limited edition tourbillon amadeo 18K rose gold gents aiom505 2012
Gold watch with tourbillon, by Fordsmand
Gold watch with tourbillon, by Fordsmand; London, England, c. 1900; dia. 2” (5.08 cm.). A watch tends to change its rate if its position is… Read More »Gold watch with tourbillon, by Fordsmand
Revolutionary Watches
Revolutionary Watches Two hundred years have passed since Breguet invented his ‘whirlwind’, the Tourbillon. Now there is even a Swatch with a rotating movement Anything… Read More »Revolutionary Watches
Two Centuries of Tourbillons – Abraham-Louis Breguet
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823), a watchmaker who was legendary in his own lifetime, invented the tourbillon, which is French for “whirlwind,” in 1795 and patented the… Read More »Two Centuries of Tourbillons – Abraham-Louis Breguet