Yet another nail in the coffin of the tourbillon as an "exclusive" "complication".
Whatever you might think about the aesthetics of the new Zenith defy extreme, it is an impressive technical achievement. The movement is not really new, but the price, at significantly below 100K is ... 60-second tourbillon for timekeeping functions, 5-se...
I believe Frderique Constant has one
for under 4K. If you define exclusive by 100K or more than I would say the tourbillon hasn’t been exclusive for a long time.
Yes, there are other ones by Tag Heuer, Montblanc, various Chinese tourbillons.
But those movements look really cheap and don't feel like they belong to the high horology realm. Here we are talking about two tourbillons, one ultra fast. Looks amazing in videos. You can put this movement in a Richard Mille case and charge whatever amo...
The original affordable Swiss Tourbillion...
I remember in the in the 2006 or 2007 when this came out people started asking if the expensive tourbillion was dead. It was $39,000 USD retail. Same narrative, different watch, old news. ...
One could not be faulted for thinking of the Tag movement with the 1/100 second complication when first seeing this
I thought if it immediately and that one is like a 1/3 if the price right now.
Yes, it is exactly the same movement ...
Well, maybe some technical improvements. But LVMH decided that tag Heuer is not the right brand and made it years late the zenith flagship.
One of my favourites....
The Freak X is not a tourbillion but a 1-hour Carousel. A similar mechanism arguably and a finish to put it in 10-20k range? I see no reason why some of the simpler tourbillions should be overly expensive and command massive amounts if industrially finish...
Broken for a while
Hi, As others have said, that ceiling was broken a long time ago. Ignoring Chinese made tourbillons, we have Horage and BA1110D Swiss made tourbillons at less than £5000. Finishing will be industrial etc but it is Swiss made and I find the BA111OD design ...