In French, “tourbillon” translates into “whirlwind,” but in the watch making industry it is the term of a relatively complex feature present in some high-end timepieces. By default, all wrist watches ...

Buying a mechanical watch with a finely-crafted tourbillon movement can set you back tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, but if you don’t mind one made out of plastic and a bit larger than ...

As complications go, the tourbillon is controversial. Is it technically a complication? Many would say no. Patented by the watchmaker Abraham-Louis Bréguet in 1801, the revolving mechanism was ...

The dial is a brick red hue, which is inspired by the home of the brand in Le Locle, Switzerland. That pattern goes beyond ...

The three-axis tourbillon is one of the most complex watch complications in the world. Originally based on a design by watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, this type of tourbillon – literally “whirlwind” ...

Welcome to Watches You Should Know, a biweekly column highlighting little-known watches with interesting backstories and unexpected influence. This week: the Omega 30i Tourbillon. This is the story of ...

ZURICH, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Progress Watch Corporation (PROW), reports that their new START tourbillon movements have enjoyed a great reception at the watch shows in Basel and Geneva in ...

Zenith’s Defy Zero Gravity watch isn’t just a fancy name. It actually does defy gravity. Its patented escapement was designed ...

TAG Heuer launches the Carrera Chronograph Tourbillon Extreme Sport F1 75th Anniversary in 75 pieces. Each 44mm titanium and ...

The highlight of this new collection is not only its unique design conceived by Guenat, but the watchmaker’s first-ever, in-house automatic tourbillon movement, the Calibre CRMT1—the brand’s 8th ...

A new tourbillon watch has been launched via Kickstarter this week in the form of the carbon fibre Skeleton Tourbillon Watch by DAUMIER. Available in limited editions at a super early bird price the ...