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Pre-SIHH releases: Ulysse Nardin with three novelties
Ulysse Nardin releases three novelties ahead of SIHH: viz the Marine Grand Feu Tourbillon, the Marine Torpilleur Military and Classico Grand Feu.
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Alfred Helwig's 1920 tourbillon variant with no upper bridge; the entire cage is visible.
Breguet's 1801 rotating-cage escapement, explained.
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Ulysse Nardin releases three novelties ahead of SIHH: viz the Marine Grand Feu Tourbillon, the Marine Torpilleur Military and Classico Grand Feu.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A stainless-steel Omega wristwatch housing the Calibre 30 I tourbillon movement has just sold with Phillips Watches at their Geneva Auction Week: Six for a record breaking CHF 1,428,500. Made...
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Cartier is no stranger to the art of fine watchmaking, and in the last few years the French maison has been bringing the haute …err… heat to the world of high horology, with watches bearing the Geneva Seal – like the Drive de Cartier Flying Tourbillon. In 2014 Cartier first introduced us to the Rotonde De … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Cartier’s otherworldly Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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As one of the oldest continuing watch manufacturers in the world, Girard-Perregaux have a long, illustrious history of sharp and innovative designs. In 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, the brand’s legendary pocket watch “Esmeralda”, a tourbillon with three gold bridges, was awarded first prize, establishing the motif as an emblematic design for the brand. … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Girard-Perregaux Neo-Bridges appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Breguet’s Tradition 7047 Fusee Tourbillon makes an appearance in the 2017 Justice League movie on the wrist of Bruce Wayne.
Revolution’s roving reporter spends some quality time with his supermodel of choice: the Laurent Ferrier Galet “Clou de Paris” Tourbillon.
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Full hands-on analytical review of the Jämes-César Pellaton Royal Marine Chronometer, a very special tourbillon with exceptional finishing.
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Not so long ago, the TAG Heuer Carrera was one of the watch world’s most easily recognised chronographs. Now, it’s every kind of watch imaginable. It’s time-only, it’s a Connected watch, it’s a tourbillon; you name it, there’s a Carrera variant. Hell, I’m wearing a Carrera today and it’s a removable time-only module that I’ve fitted onto … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Is there a risk the TAG Heuer Carrera takes over the collection and becomes less special? Biver fires up, again appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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If you’re familiar with Raymond Weil it should come as no surprise that music is a recurring theme in their collections. From homages to iconic performers such as The Beatles and the late, great David Bowie, through to watches made to honour particular instruments – such as their Nabucco Cello Tourbillon – Raymond Weil definitely … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Raymond Weil Freelancer ‘Gibson Les Paul’ strikes a chord appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Breguet may not have had the largest collection on display at Basel, but they certainly had one of the most complex. As well as some handsome new additions to the Classique family, Breguet released an epic new grand complication – the Marine Équation Marchante 5887, a completely new watch boasting a perpetual calendar, tourbillon power … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 3 outstanding Breguet watches from Basel 2017, including the incredible Marine Équation Marchante appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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If Patek Philippe Advanced Research is a symbol of things to come, it might actually herald a potential tourbillon-free future for high horology.
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Wei Koh speaks with Ricardo Guadalupe about Hublot’s latest creation in partnership with Ferrari, the Techframe Ferrari 70 Years Tourbillon Chronograph and other intelligent partnerships that has allowed the brand to become visible in universes previously unimagined.
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Some of the most important, exciting watches are those made by watchmakers who push the barriers of what’s possible. The deepest, the most complicated, or in the case of this Bulgari, the thinnest. Bulgari has a proven record when it comes to high-end, ultra thin horology. They hold the record for the thinnest tourbillon and … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Barely there brilliance – the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Girard-Perregaux releases an update to their haute complication Tri-Axial tourbillon with a globe. The new Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Planetarium features a
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Aldis Hodge rocked the watch of the 2017 Oscars in our opinion by wearing a Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° Technique Sapphire.
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For SIHH 2017 Richard Mille introduces the RM 50-03 McLaren F1, the world's lightest tourbillon split-seconds chronograph made possible by Graphene.
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Roger Dubuis announce 5 limited edition watches at SIHH 2017 with the Excalibur Spider Pirelli – Double Flying Tourbillon leading the charge.
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For SIHH 2017 IWC has focused its new Da Vinci collection on the muse of the Schaffhausen's heritage. At the pinnacle - a Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph
As lofty as the tourbillon is, as revered a position as this prestigious horological feature holds among the cognoscenti, gravitas has not rendered it immune to the bling treatment.
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The COSC-Certified tourbillon chronograph that made the Swiss watch industry have to rethink its understanding of the term “value”. Revolution’s 2016 Best Complication award goes to, the TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T.
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It might be stating the obvious, but this Aquaracer doesn’t have a tourbillon or a modular case construction. Nor is it a smart watch, or a reissue of a ’70s watchmaking icon. This is a plain old ‘new watch’ from a well known family. No bells, no whistles, just an absolute winner of a watch. On … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Summer stunner – the TAG Heuer Aquaracer 300m Calibre 5 Titanium appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Full hands on review of the amazing Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Supersonnerie Chronograph, Minute Repeater, Tourbillon. With high res. pics and analysis.
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We take a close look and analyse the IWC Ingenieur Constant Force Tourbillon: where IWC engineers in a jumping tourbillon cage.
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In this week's Throwback Sundays article, we feature six Speake-Marin watches from our archives, ranging from the Piccadilly to the Double Tourbillon.
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Franck Muller was at a point in time an interesting brand to read about, for its innovative case shapes and unique complications; to name a few, the Crazy Hours, Secret Hours and the Giga tourbillon. While they are still popular in some markets today, most would say that the days of its fame are over. Diluted grey market prices and competition from brands like Richard Mille have largely eroded its past stature.
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In a stunning industry move, TAG Heuer launches the impressive Carrera Heuer-02T, which can easily be known as the most affordable Swiss-made tourbillon watch today.
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Full review of the Jacob & Co Twin Turbo double triple axis tourbillon with minute repeater with hands-on analysis, comparisons and high resolution pics.
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Zenith recalls the pioneering days of exploration with its tourbillon alternative In 1916, Zenith produced a new escapement called the Echappement Colon - Colón being the Spanish word for Columbus, and échappement the French word for escapement. This Lépine-style chronometer movement was 20½ lines in size and was awarded three first prizes by Neuchâtel’s observatory […]
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Jacob & Co.’s Astronomia Sky takes the triple axis tourbillon even farther. For Jacob & Co, which has a history of creating amazing complications that the watch industry has never seen before (think of the Epic SF24, the Quentin Tourbillon and the Palatial Flying Tourbillon Jumping Hours and Minute Repeater), the Astronomia Triple Axis Gravitational Tourbillon, introduced in […]
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The basic idea behind the tourbillon is to take the escapement and put it in a mechanically driven mount (or a group of nested mounts, in the case of the family of orbital tourbillons) in order to create a single average rate in all the vertical positions - and in many instances, to create a […]
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