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 Posted: Thu Jun 17th, 2010 03:49 pm
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Hammerfjord



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 Ok, nice and beautifully executed but remember that the tourbillon was conceived for pocket watches who was holding verticaly in the jacket(for exemple).
In fact, the tourbillon feature got meaning on precision when placed vertical and can even be a handicap when it's horizontal: Setting the watch's perfomances long away from any cosc standard and maybe at the same range than a Seagull, to say it like that...
This is why some trades like Zenith,JL... came up with a gyroscopic tourbillon or zero gravity toubillon who adapt better to the wrist's movements.
All in all: It's just for the look when it's fixed mounted...
You may look those little videos to understand a bit more.
I'm very far to be a tourbillon expert but it don't take long to understand...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WA6NtYrza0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdlPMQlig4&feature=related