s much as the tourbillon has enthralled watchmakers and collectors alike with its combination of technical and visual attributes since its introduction in 1801, we would hesitate to call the invention a piece of art. Because all art, once made available, is deemed to be completed. The tourbillon, on the other hand, continues to evolve. Two hundred and twenty-one years after its debut, the mechanism that was designed to negate the effects of gravity on
