[time-nuts] Tourbillon movement watches

[Tom Knox]

I hope this will fall within the Time-Nuts interested. I recently spend some time with a neighbor who does ornamental machining and cutting of gems. We got into a discussion of time as an art form. He was telling me about a gentleman in South Centeral Colorado that makes his living making a few Tourbillon watches a year.  I personally still think TVB's watch on the Leapsecond site is the most attractive I have seen. But before electronics, watches suffered from the effects of gravity. I guess they still do. These effects are reduced by placing the movement in what is basically a rotating cage(Tourbillon Movement).  If you are not familiar with these do a search. They are very cool. My friend is no slouch building clocks himself, he has been asked to make a Cartier Mystery Clock. They are also worth a search. Apparently every few years Cartier commissions a jeweler to build his vision of the Mystery Clock to promote Cartier at international gem shows.    

Thomas Knox