Independents

Thanks to the Greubel & Forsey AD in Paris, I had the opportunity to see and handle the Double Tourbillon 30°. Let's say it directly: it's a fantastic timepiece. The Double Tourbillon exists in two versions: vision (with a visible tourbillon through the o...  

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I've never liked the openworked dial on the 30 degree one, I find it very ostentatious compared to the resdtrained, traditional frosted gold of the back. A...  

I love the way the time display system is integrated into the movement. Fr.Xavier...  

There is no denying that Greubel and Forsey and geniuses. Craig...  

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who cares if a tourbillon, double tourbillon or inclined tourbillon is superfluous for accuracy in a modern watch, they look superb and are very very clever. one question Xavier, are the seconds a dead second function? Graham

If you take the Double Tourbillon : you have the classic second hand (6 steps per second) + the indicator related to the Tourbillon. But your idea is very interesting ! Maybe a further development from Greubel & Forsey ? Fr.Xavier This message has been ed... 

thanx xavier. i've enquired on the Journe forum about the technical difficulties, if there are any, of a dead second, but had no replies yet. logic would say its just a set of gears to drop the beat rate from balance to second hand, but i'm no technician.... 

Graham, Here is a small explanation from Journe's website: Hope it helps. Merry Xmas to you too ! Fr.Xavier...  

thanx again xavier. i think i understand it. not overly difficult or technical. either that or explained very simplistically :) makes me wonder why more people havent done it(other than a rolex in the 60's). i like the idea of a tick tick like my grand fa... 

For example, you have a Chezard caliber which is a dead-second one. It was used by Panerai for its Radiomir Independant. Here is a pic from Haute Horlogerie.org : More recently, Harbring released a watch with a dead second. The caliber used was a Valgrang...  

Link: http://panerai.watchprosite.com/show-nblog.post/ti-385422/ Video of the Panerai Independent PAM80 Chezard movement in action ===> CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO <=== Here's a large video of the PAM80 Independent Chezard movement in action. Look between...  

The 24second tourbillon are really interestiing too, as the "Secret" version of double tourbillon. For me, this watch (excluding of course Invetion cause she has no dial), have a problem with the dial, i can't imagine that this dial are of 300k€ watchs, i... 

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