lien
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thx nicolas & aaronm, according to
Rolf Schnyder in that particular interview described:
"strictly speaking, THe freak is a sort of carousel tourbillon in which the escapement turns on its own axis"
& in that bit of history they said Freak is totally different from Carol's concept where Ludwig did a lot of work realizing that concept as "Breguet bot cariol's patent & were going to manufacture the piece".
i would really like to see a comparison of Carol's original concept to the Freak and perhaps even to Blu's MT3
Best,
Ed~
pic curtsy of kc tay
This message has been edited by edlien on 2009-06-08 16:22:39
Carol Forrestier's other Freak
By: lien : June 8th, 2009-01:12
Dear all, I read on back issue of Revolution 2005 that Freak was inspired by Carol Forrestier's design which won a Breguet contest. the design concept was described as: "a centre tourbillon with spring on the outside..." I am curious to learn what was the...
Thx UN team for clarification
By: lien : June 18th, 2009-05:09
There is no doubt the Freak is "the Freak" in horologrical universe, we merely trying to dig out a bit more behind its creation Having said that, it ll be interesting to know whts/where carol's design has realized and even a head to head comparison to the...