A tourbillon (French for "whirlwind") is a centuries-old mechanism built inside some of the world's most expensive watches. It was originally designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches by ...

Briefly, a tourbillon is a movement for a timepiece that aims to eliminate inaccuracy caused by gravity pulling on the mechanism unevenly. By spinning the entire escapement, the tourbillon ...

The tourbillon mechanism was originally developed for pocket watches, which, sitting in the same position most of the time, would throw off the balance of the mechanism over time. The highly ...

Clearly inspired by high-end skeletal-style horology, the prominence of these dials explains the ‘Tourbillon’ name – a reference to the balancing technology used by luxury mechanical watchmakers to ...

It also includes a tourbillon mechanism, a high-end component that is designed to improve a watch's accuracy, and carries a $100,000 price tag. The stiff price is in line with the cost of many ...

Combining a flying tourbillon with a chiming function in an ultra-thin automatic calibre, the 10-year running masterpiece ...

First launched in 2018 with a solid dial, followed in 2019 by a skeletonised version, and later a striking sapphire crystal ...