Tourbillon

Over hyped piece of impressive engineering that is really not needed in any way.

I wouldnt buy due to the service cost on a non chinese peice.

From the little I’ve seen, it was an invention that helped reduce the effects of gravity on pocket watches, so when the wrist watch was introduced there was little use for it. It is, however, an impressive piece of watchmaking and looks so incredibly cool!

Showing off 🤑

"I like the Carrera Turbo."

"TAG or Porsche?"

What a shame we don’t have a platform to marvel at such things. Where will we go to discuss such novelties…

I'm only impressed by eternal calendars now. 😁

In other words, mechanical horology. 😀

It's just a way to show technological prowess. Breguet created it to help with the gravitational drag on the pocket watch movement. Very helpful for those. Less necessary for wrist watches.

What?!? They’re super cool.

Yep. And this one also has a torbillon.

You can add Moonphase to that list too. At least the tourbillon is fun to watch in action

OK, I have a lot of thoughts here.

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First off, we are talking "luxury watches" here, right? That is sort of the default state, brands making as much money as they possibly can off consumers. A great article talking about that is in regards to the price delta of precious metal versions of watches, you can read it over on ABTW here. That's one example. Next, how pointless divers or chronographs are to the average buyer. I'm pretty sure I can safely say that a statistically significant portion of dive watches never see a drop of water. And I think that percentage goes up the higher the price of the watch and the higher the depth rating goes. I could be wrong 🙂 How many of us chronograph fans ( yes I'm one and have 4) ever actually use the complication, I know I don't, yes some do, but I don't think it's the majority. So why do companies make them? Because we will pay for them. Tourbillion is no different, back in Breguet's time (pun intended), there was a valid reason for it's creation, which no longer is relevant. So why do they make them? Because we will buy them. I don't ever see myself buying a tourbillion, primarily due to cost, but I can absolutely appreciate everything about the end product and the engineering that went into them. Two examples, either of which I would love to have:

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A tourbillon is no different to any other form of art. In this case it’s watchmaking art. What’s the purpose of art? What’s the function of art? I think there are only two reasons why people collect art:

1. Investment.

2. Beauty appreciation.

In this case, I think the tourbillon is a beautiful piece of art, with no real functionality. Would I buy one? No. But I wouldn’t buy a Lamborghini either, and I still appreciate its existence.