Breguet’s idea was to constantly rotate ... much like a gyroscope. The flying tourbillon is called so because it is only supported from one side, rather than two. Flying tourbillons are a ...

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

The word tourbillon is French for whirlwind, and the mechanism was invented by the great watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, who patented the mechanism in 1801. Back then, the biggest problem for ...