Results for Flying Tourbillon

Introducing the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbillon with Enamel Dial

Review: High Flying Couple - The Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Refs. 7234R & 5524R

Patek Philippe expands its pilot's watch collection with two new additions this year. Here, we bring you our thoughts on the new Refs. 7234R and 5524R.

Flying Legend: The B-Uhr Big Pilot’s Watch

IWC’s hugely successful Big Pilot watch is the direct descendant of the B-Uhr. It has sired Top Gun and Ste Exupery versions, chronographs, beautiful “Heritage” models with aged-look lume, a bronze version and many others.

Press Release: IWC Tribute to Pallweber and the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “150 Years”

IWC Schaffhausen is turning 150 next year. To celebrate this milestone, the company is set to unveil a special Jubilee collection at the Salon International

Introducing the RM 27-03 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal

Richard Mille introduces the seventh Rafael Nadal watch, the RM 27-03, weighing in at 34 grams and boasting shock resistance of up to 10,000 g’s.

Introducing: The De Bethune DB28 Kind of Blue Tourbillon Meteorite

De Bethune shows off the coolest watch since their DB28 Kind of Blue, now with a blued meteorite dial.

Peering into the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon

Retrograde Armillary Tourbillon

Richard Mille’s New Graffiti Tagged Tourbillon, The RM68-01

The Vacheron Constantin Maître Cabinotier Retrograde Armillary Tourbillon

Flying High With IWC

The Pilot’s collection is the spotlight this year, and we take a look at the best of this well-loved family of watches.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon 2014; The Future Is Bright White

When one thinks of Audemars Piguet, one must surely also think of the Royal Oak and for good reason. Ever since Audemars Piguet introduced this epic watch they have been elevating its presence, by introducing new complications, movements, and yes, even changing the legendary design just a little bit. That is why today the Royal […]

Counting Stars (and Planets): The Graham Tourbillon Orrery

Whenever we talk about Graham watches, either some aviator theme watches or the Chronofighters with the trademark “fast-action start/ stop trigger” beside the crown would subconsciously come to mind. This time round, Graham did something a little unorthodox, and the result is simply out of this world!   Before we start talking about this timepiece, letsRead More

Flying High On A Feeling; Bell & Ross + Diamonds

Diamonds on a Bell & Ross sound a bit like diamonds on a Panerai: not done often nor suited for the style of watch. Yet Panerai did do a limited edition with diamond set numerals, their only official endeavor that incorporated these precious gemstones, and Bell & Ross, well, they have also embraced diamonds – […]

Grieb & Benzinger Skeletonizes The A. Lange & Söhne “Tourbillon Pour le Mérite”

This is something that came to our attention today and it’s appearance certainly begs the question: What heights can watchmaking reach after perfection is attained? And Is it possible to strive for even more? This one of a kind piece vividly supplies the answers, for what we have here is the rare and highly sought […]

Rotonde de Cartier, Earth and Moon; Not Just Another Tourbillon!

One of the most extraordinairy timepieces that Cartier presented this year was the Rotonde de Cartier, Earth and Moon and I have not even written a word about it. The reason for my negligence was not laziness, but more a matter of finding the right words to describe this very creative time piece. The Rotonde […]

Whirlwind From Glashütte: Moritz Grossmann Introduces The Benu Tourbillon

The first watch made by the Glashütte-based firm of Moritz Grossmann that I saw in person was the Benu wristwatch, which the company debuted –in one of the most low-key launches I can remember –in 2010.  The Benu was a watch very much to my personal tastes: discreet, very precisely made, with a sober beauty […]

F. P. Journe Announces Special 30th Anniversary Tourbillon Limited Edition

There is no watchmaker, independent or otherwise, quite like Francois Paul Journe –a notable iconoclast; famously perfectionistic; famously idiosyncratic in approach; famously irascible; a man who sees himself as the spiritual heir to the great French watchmaking traditions and masters of the late 18th and early 19th century –Berthoud, Breguet, Janvier, Le Roy. F. P. […]

Deep Space Tourbillon by Vianney Halter.

Last week, Vianney Halter was in town to launch his new watch Deep Space.  With this latest creation, Vianney has once again sealed his reputation as one of the geniuses in the watchmaking industry. Since we last met some five years ago, he is still the easy going, fun loving guy that he used to be […]

New for GTE 2013: Antoine Martin Quantieme Perpetual Tourbillon

Continuing on small manufacturers showing at GTE, I met up with my old friend Martin Braun…now running and operating Antoine Martin. He showed me an incredible watch, with a gorgeous humongous balance wheel…but pictures and more details will have to wait, as he will show it at BaselWorld 2013. In the meantime, I will showRead More

The next wave of high complications from Piaget: The Gouverneur Tourbillon

It’s an uncanny thing about every new Piaget creation, how they all instantly seem to just belong. Even when it comes to the most novel of novelties from the brand, look away for a scant minute and once you turn your attention back to them, it’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t a […]

Jaeger LeCoultre Gyro Tourbillon - the final edition in Rose Gold

Jaeger LeCoultre has been pushing the envelope of high horology for some time. With the Gyrotourbillon announced in 2004. The original series is produced in a platinum case, and I had the opportunity to photograph and view the final run of 30 pieces in rose gold. The Gyrotourbillon has grown more beautiful in its newRead More

Hublot King Power Tourbillon

Hublot is an amazing company…in the early days, they pushed innovation with scented rubber straps…which even today, is an interesting concept. But since Jean Claude Biver, the marketing supermo who started Blancpain in the 80s started to helm the company, it took off. Literally. Jean Claude introduced the concept of fusion…the fusion of old andRead More

SIHH 2011: Greubel Forsel Double Tourbillon 30 Technique

Greubel Forsey is one of the independent watchmakers to watch…they are very innovative, and creates timepieces which are wonderful to the eye…like landscapes…and fully deserve what I call watchscapes…landscapes of watches. Started by two veterans from Renaud et Papi – the firm bears the name of the founders…Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey. Robert is French,Read More

SIHH 2010: ALS Homage Moonphase and Lange 1 Tourbillon

We continue with the Homage series in honey gold. The 1815 Moonphase is a rehash of the original Emil Lange 1815 Moonphase which has been doing very well in the auction scene. The character of the 1815 dial design is apparent in the new watch. But the design shows a totally new watch…featuring the vapourRead More

Review: The IWC Ingenieur Constant Force Tourbillion

We take a close look and analyse the IWC Ingenieur Constant Force Tourbillon: where IWC engineers in a jumping tourbillon cage.

In-Depth: 200 Odd Years of Hacking Tourbillons

Conventional wisdom holds that stopping a tourbillon for precise time setting — “hacking” in watchmaking parlance — is a difficult endeavor given the constant rotation of the cage. The hacking tourbillon wristwatch didn’t arrive until 2008, courtesy of the A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret. In fact, hacking of any sort remained a rarity until the last few decades — ironic, since the primary function of the seconds hand has arguably evolved from a way to assess accuracy into an indicator that a watch is running. Some brands are still in the process of adding stop-seconds features to their basic calibres, and hacking remains scarcer still in wristwatch tourbillons, appearing with regularity only in the last two decades. But building for the waistcoat pocket, historical watchmakers have been stopping tourbillons for almost as long as they’ve been building them, and developed a number of solutions for this problem along the way, each stopping the tourbillon, or merely the seconds, in a different way. Breguet – stopping the seconds without stopping the watch Almost 225 years ago to the year, the French Ministry of the Interior granted Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823) a patent for his most famous creation, the tourbillon, a clever way to improve a watch’s marks during accuracy testing. For a mechanical watch to keep the same time across all vertical positions, the “balance complete” — comprised of the balance, staff, roller, collet and balance spring — mu...

BA111OD strengthens its watchmaking credentials with BCP Tourbillons acquisition and new Chapter 4 Tourbillon T.V.D.

BA111OD announces the acquisition of BCP Tourbillons, bringing tourbillon development in-house, and proves it with a new tourbillon noveltyThe post BA111OD strengthens its watchmaking credentials with BCP Tourbillons acquisition and new Chapter 4 Tourbillon T.V.D. appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

NEW: Ba111od acquires BCP Tourbillons and releases its first in-house tourbillon

Independent value king Ba111od acquires BCP Tourbillons. This is quite an unexpected, yet not totally surprising move by Thomas Baillod. Press Release with our usual commentary in italics. NEW: Ba111od Chapter 4 Tourbillon T.V.D The Ba111od Chapter 4 Tourbillon T.V.D will retail at CHF 8,200, before taxes. First 50 pieces to be delivered in SeptemberRead More

Six tourbillons to start the new year!

We kick off the first listicle for the year. with a tourbillon on a wristwatch. We make our pick of the top six from recently launched models.