Frédérique Constant has introduced a striking new version of its Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, marking an evolution of its ...

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 ...

Pocket watch accuracy was greatly improved when the ... a kind of anti-gravity chamber that he called a tourbillon, a French word meaning ‘whirlwind’. A single-axis tourbillon in motion.

The new Piaget Polo packs in both a flying tourbillon and a moonphase. It's one of the most luxurious Piaget watches ever.

Sotheby's will honor Abraham-Louis Breguet with a dedicated auction celebrating the 250th anniversary of the foundation of ...

Like all good inventions, the tourbillon was created to solve a problem – in this case, how the pull of gravity interferes with the moving components of a mechanical pocket watch. Since the ...

Frederique Constant has unveiled a new edition of its Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, a direct descendant of the 18k pink ...

Piaget introduces the Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase ✓ An ultra-thin, complicated, and sporty dress watch in titanium ✓ ...

He created the first automatically winding pocket watch; the first tourbillon, which counters the effects of gravity on time keeping accuracy; the first shock-absorption system; the first chiming ...

It may only run for a brief time, and it’s too big for use in an actual wristwatch, but this 3D-printed tourbillon is a great demonstration of the lengths watchmakers will go to to keep ...