Marc Obermann
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I understood that but why are the Flying Minute Tourbillons different is what I don't get.
Unless I just don't really understand how Tourbillons work I am struggling to see why they would perform the same function yet consist of a different number of parts and yet still weigh the same. I do understand that a Tourbillon is a mechanism that rotates the escapement and balance wheel within a cage and that this rotation helps counteract the effects of gravity on the timekeeping components and potentially improving time keeping. Sorry for being a pain but I noticed a visible difference between the two watches and then re read the post to garner the information as to the differences between them. I acknowledge they differ I just can't understand why.
Marc
IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN PRESENTS NEW PILOT’S WATCHES IN BLUE CERAMIC AND PLATINUM DEDICATED TO “THE LITTLE PRINCE”
Schaffhausen, 21 st May 2025: IWC Schaffhausen presents two new Pilot’s Watches dedicated to Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s famous novel, “The Little Prince”. The Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Le Petit Prince combines a blue ceramic case and...
Both are really quite stunning
But I am a little confused about the Flying Minute Tourbillon as I noticed they looked different in the two watches and having read your great and informative post discovered that the Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon consists of 85 parts an...
I understood that but why are the Flying Minute Tourbillons different is what I don't get.
Unless I just don't really understand how Tourbillons work I am struggling to see why they would perform the same function yet consist of a different number of parts and yet still weigh the same. I do understand that a Tourbillon is a mechanism that rotat...