[Haute Horlogerie Tourbillon] The Engineering of Haute Horlogerie: Tourbillon Mechanisms & Gravity Defiance
In the realm of Haute Horlogerie (High Watchmaking), few complications command as much reverence as the tourbillon. Invented by master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1795 and patented in 1801, the tourbillon was created to solve a fundamental physics problem: the degrading effect of Earth’s gravitational force on the escapement of a mechanical movement. When a … Read more