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Tourbillon improved the accuracy of pocket watches
whose balance wheel was always affected by gravity in the same direction since they were stored motionless in a pocket, always in the same position.
They are not nearly as essential in a wristwatch, but they can't hurt and they look good!
Best, Emmanuel
Tourbillons
Curious, why do we (not me) buy watches with tourbillon movements, and are they necessary? Do they reallty make a watch more accurate, a lot of COSC certified movements are pretty accurate and can be within a few seconds a month, quartz is even more accur...
I don’t see them as making the watch more accurate…
To me they are just mesmerizing to observe along with the rhythmic beating of larger non-tourbillon balance wheels.
On the wrist they are a romantic gimmick.
But mechanical watches in general could be considered the same.
Not sure on this but in the past it was used to help regulate a movement due to variations while the wrist was in different positions which caused timing to be imprecise.
Now it's just a novelty and although an engineering marvel, I don't think it improves accuracy.
Not quite.
Tourbillons are theoretically effective when an escapement rests in one fixed position, such as a pocketwatch sitting vertical in a pocket or in a clock. Someone walking around with their wristwatch doing all sorts of people things with their arm is effec...
Tourbillon improved the accuracy of pocket watches
whose balance wheel was always affected by gravity in the same direction since they were stored motionless in a pocket, always in the same position. They are not nearly as essential in a wristwatch, but they can't hurt and they look good! Best, Emmanuel
Well, in general, yes. Sure we love 'outdated' mechanical technology. So why buy it? Ahhhh..... :)
Of course there is an art to it as well, since high-precision machining is extremely easy nowadays. It extends the questions about buying tourbillons. Guess we buy tourbillons because we love the art of it. A $300 Chinese watch has a tourbillon, so it is ...
Because some of them are beautiful mechanical art objects.
Are they necessary? No art objects are. No mechanical watches are necessary these days. But we like them for emotions - beauty, admiration, respect, affiliation, and for this IMHO some tourbillons work really well. I proudly own: PSM Vintage Tourbillon pi...
Actually I think they are less accurate
than non-tourbillon wrist watches because, and please correct me here if I’m wrong, they are a pain to regulate as you have to re-assemble a Tourbillon every time you want to re-regulate it, it is very time consuming, so most producers don’t bother regula...
An old joke I believe:
The real purpose of a tourbillon is to separate the client from as much money as possible.
I had the same thought...
until I own this: I am not hung up on accuracy but these things are very attractive. Worth the price of admission I feel... ...