Swiss-French watchmaker to European royalty and perhaps the greatest horologist of all time — began work on what would become ...

In French, “tourbillon” translates into “whirlwind,” but in the watch making industry it is the term of a relatively complex feature present in some high-end timepieces. By default, all wrist watches ...

Swiss watch maker Hautlence has just released their first tourbillon. About a decade ago, this was a big deal, as producing a tourbillon-based mechanical movement was considered a sort of milestone or ...

Buying a mechanical watch with a finely-crafted tourbillon movement can set you back tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, but if you don’t mind one made out of plastic and a bit larger than ...

As complications go, the tourbillon is controversial. Is it technically a complication? Many would say no. Patented by the watchmaker Abraham-Louis Bréguet in 1801, the revolving mechanism was ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Omega 30i Tourbillon. This is the story of ...

The three-axis tourbillon is one of the most complex watch complications in the world. Originally based on a design by watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, this type of tourbillon – literally “whirlwind” ...

Zenith is taking its bold Defy series to new extremes with the debut of the Defy Extreme Double Tourbillon. The model is equipped with the brand’s most advanced chronograph to date: the El Primero ...

Daniel Roth’s Extra Plat Souscription in Rose Gold has been crowned the winner of the Time Only award, securing a significant ...

A chef once joked to me that the secret ingredient to a fillet mignon was an extra 20 quid. It would be easy, albeit a little churlish, to suggest the tourbillon movement could be subjected to a ...

A couple of years ago, Breitling released a beguiling trio of 42 mm B21 Chronographs in the vintage-inspired Premier ...

A new tourbillon watch has been launched via Kickstarter this week in the form of the carbon fibre Skeleton Tourbillon Watch by DAUMIER. Available in limited editions at a super early bird price the ...