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Was the Tourbillon invented to compensate for gravity or prevent oil coagulation?  0 Comments

Published Sunday, July 16, 2006 by Harry SK Tan |

 

Following the article by Jia Xian as shared by me with the Purist community, there was much discourse, discussion and argument as to what was the precise purpose in which the Tourbillon mechanism was invented for. Was it to deal with just gravity effects on the movement which is the generally accepted view or is it for something more?

I thought the discussion on the Purists generated by this article is well worth highlighting and share with those who are seriously interested in high horology. The Purist posters tracked down some interesting historical documents and quotes by Breguet (the inventor of the tourbillon). If you are interested to read that discussion, CLICK HERE.

 

 




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