Results for Flying Tourbillon

Introducing the Jacob & Co. Epic X Chrono Tourbillon Blue Titanium

Jacob & Co. translates its larger-than-life persona into an athletic timepiece that is also built to go where few as glamorous dare to tread.

Watch Of The Week: The Tourbillon That Proves Ralph Lauren Is An Underappreciated Watch Designer

I've collected all the big brands. And I'm here to tell you that this watch is a treasure, combining timeless style, automotive passion, and horological finesse.

Hey, HODINKEE!: Long Form: Is A Tourbillon A 'Complication?'

A simple question with a complicated answer.

The New Three Flying Bridges From Girard-Perregaux

An 18th century design comes from the past to the future.

Introducing Zenith DEFY Zero-G Sapphire and DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon Sapphire

Zenith DEFY consumer perception with two exceptionally high-end new watches from their DEFY range, each mesmerizingly on full view through crystal sapphire.

Our Predictions In The Tourbillon Category Of The 2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Our Panel Is Unanimously Two-Faced

What a diverse bunch of tourbillons in this Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève category: two of them are beautifully transparent, while one of them is combined with a chronograph. Yet another contains a constant-force device, while one example here can be flipped around. And, finally, the sixth is involved in a space war. Oh, to choose a winner!

Hands-On: The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367

A whirlwind in blue.

Introducing: The Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 Quai De l’Horloge

We'll always have Paris.

Introducing: The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire

Insert orange pun here.

In-Depth: The Unique and Magical Oval Tourbillon Watch by Derek Pratt

I first met Derek Pratt (1938-2009) at a sale held by Ineichen, a Zürich-based auction house, in 1975. He was in the company of Peter Baumberger (1939-2010), an antique watch dealer and trained watchmaker that took over long-dormant Danish brand Urban Jürgensen & Sonner in 1981 . A contemporary and friend of George Daniels, Derek was a talented English watchmaker who restored many of Baumberger’s outstanding historical pocket watches. Amongst them was then the most complicated Vacheron Constantin ever, the grand complication N°402833 made for King Fuad of Egypt in 1929, which Baumberger bought at auction – the watch was lot 202 at the October 7, 1979 sale at Galerie d’Horlogerie Ancienne (the business founded by Osvaldo Patrizzi that would later become Antiquorum). Baumberger would have trusted no one else other than Derek to restore that watch. In the following years, I visited Derek’s workshop several times with Peter, often in the company of illustrious watch collectors and enthusiasts, all fascinated by Derek’s knowledge of traditional watchmaking and his beautifully equipped workshop. Not long after, Peter recruited Derek to be consultant and technical director at Urban Jürgensen. As such, he was responsible for the company’s greatest technical achievements in pocket watches, which was the leading genre in watch collecting at the time. Derek at work According to Urban Jürgensen records and my personal archive, Derek completed around 34 watches for the...

Introducing: The Bulgari Octo Roma Central Tourbillon Papillon

Fly butterfly!

Introducing: The Six-Figure 'Space Jam' Tourbillon That Is Perfect For Somebody Out There

The good folks at Kross Studio have created a haute horology hoops watch.

Hands-On: The Perfect ‘Starter’ Tourbillon Has Arrived

And it doesn't cost as much as a new car.

Introducing: This Diamond-Set Tourbillon Glows In The Dark

The Roger Dubuis Excalibur gets lit.

Introducing: The H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger's Eye

'When we fought, you had that eye of the tiger, man. The edge! And now you gotta get it back, and the way to get it back is to go back to the beginning.' - Apollo Creed, Rocky III

Hey, HODINKEE!: What Does A Tourbillon Actually Do?

Welcome to our new mailbag column, where we answer common (and uncommon) watch questions without judgment.

Introducing: The Bulgari Diva's Dream Peacock Tourbillon Lumière

A Diva watch with an orchestra of artistry for backup.

Introducing: The Hublot Spirit Of Big Bang Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve In Carbon White

115 hours limited to 100 pieces.

Introducing: The Bulgari Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon, With Chimes Of Westminster

Bulgari's latest supercomplication aims for both visual and aural impact.

Understanding Resonance, Featuring The F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance, Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance, And Haldimann H2 Flying Resonance – Reprise

Resonance. No, it is not a Tesla-themed Evanescence cover band. Resonance is a physics principle that, to be honest, most people will never need to know to go about their daily lives. So what is all the hubbub about resonance? It’s a word that is, even in the watch world, so mysterious and rare that it is heard only once or twice a decade. In this article Joshua Munchow explains how resonance works and why it matters.

Year of the Tourbillon

It’s been 220 years, and Abraham-Louis Breguet’s invention still is capturing hearts.

Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar – now sans tourbillon – the comprehensive review

We go hands-on in this comprehensive review of the exciting new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar in a white gold case, and pink gold dial.

Introducing Hublot’s Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire

Introducing Greubel Forsey’s New GMT Quadruple Tourbillon

With new shades of blue and some aesthetic rework of the case and dial, the astounding piece offers a more sporty and relaxed flair.

Introducing the Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Orange Sapphire

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hublot’s Been Tangoed – The Big Bang with a Twist The humble orange is something of a celebrity Chez Revolution and The Rake, thanks to its integral role in...

Auction Watch: J.P. Morgan Jr’s Charles Frodsham Split-Seconds Chronograph with Tourbillon

A noted collector of art, objects, and also timepieces – he famously once owned the world’s most complicated watch that is now lost – banker J.P. Morgan was a frequent client of Charles Frodsham, having no doubt inherited the inclination from his father, also a client of the English watchmaker. Once preeminent globally, particularly in the late decades of the 19th century when Morgan was active, Charles Frodsham is perhaps most famous for supplying top-of-the-line pocket watches to Morgan that he then gifted to friends and partners of his eponymous bank. Sometimes known as “Morgan caliper” watches, these watches were amongst the most expensive watches in the world at the time. Some two dozen of these presentation watches are known – and 11 have been sold publicly – with all being identical in combining a minute repeater with split-second chronograph and tourbillon. Perhaps the most important of these watches is the one that will soon go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York on December 15 at 10:00 am EST. The watch once owned by J.P. Morgan Jr., bearing the serial number “010’330” The ebauche was probably produced by Nicole Nielsen The tourbillon with a Nicole Nielsen Type 2 cage Being offered by the estate of Alexandra McCain Morgan, who’s perhaps better known as the older sister of the late Senator John McCain. The watch was originally purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. in 1933 – the lot is accompanied by a copy of the original invoice. The watch on ...

Found: A Bulova Accutron Spaceview From The Days Of Flying Wild In The '70s

Some watches are earned, not given.

Introducing: The Chronoswiss Open Gear Tourbillon

Putting the bleue in l'heure bleue.

Glashütte Original presents the New Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920

Introducing: The Glashütte Original Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 Limited Edition

Back to (German) basics.