Tatler Report
Jun 04, 2021
3 minutes
PUSH AND PULL
his year marks the 220th anniversary of the tourbillon, which was first created by master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet in the summer of 1801. A mechanism that constantly rotates a watch’s balance wheel, balance spring and escapement while the movement is running, a tourbillon counters the effect of gravity and increases the timepiece’s accuracy. The pictured 18-karat gold pocket chronometer by Breguet was sold by Christie’s auction house in 2014 for
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