The tourbillon is among the most complicated complications ever invented. Breguet’s idea was to constantly rotate the elements of the watch movement at a controlled rate. This way, the ...

What the tourbillon and the exotic supercar have in common is that X-factor that sets it apart from the rest. Fitting, then, that this is no ordinary tourbillon; this is the Aston Martin tourbillon.

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 ...