Clocks were driven by heavy weights that made ... a kind of anti-gravity chamber that he called a tourbillon, a French word meaning ‘whirlwind’. A single-axis tourbillon in motion.

Now part of Bugatti Rimac, a 55/45 joint venture between Rimac and Porsche, it’s with that history and the electrified future in mind that new company chair Mate Rimac launches the Tourbillon.

The tourbillon is perhaps the most superfluous complication produced today, but it is inarguably the most spellbinding ...

It may only run for a brief time, and it’s too big for use in an actual wristwatch, but this 3D-printed tourbillon is a great demonstration of the lengths watchmakers will go to to keep ...

It is a playful foil for the sharp technicality at the heart of the watch, with the tourbillon, visible at 6 o’clock, completing one rotation every minute. The lightning bolt shape of the tourbillon ...

Here, it is simply exquisite. Offset within a heavily skeletonised dial, the tourbillon spins proudly at the 7 o'clock position. That's neatly offset by the star shaped bridges at 1 o'clock.