Tourbillon movement - GIF

**Jon** · Sep 19, 2017, 04:26 PM

Large tourbillon display. Tourbillons were originally designed to negate the effect of gravity in a timepiece, by continuously rotating the entire escapement and balance wheel assembly.

**blkadder** · Sep 19, 2017, 05:52 PM

I think if I had one of these, I would just stare at it all day watching all the gears go round. Thanks for posting.

**Frank S** · Sep 19, 2017, 07:07 PM

All I can say is

Tourbillon movement - GIF-spock-fascinating.jpg

**ncollar** · Sep 19, 2017, 07:15 PM

love the Spock and yes fascinating, gorgeous

Jon
Is there any way to download that short video? I think I could loose hours being mesmerized.

**rlm98253** · Sep 19, 2017, 08:00 PM

To save the video (.gif file), right-click on it and select Save image as...

**ncollar** · Sep 19, 2017, 08:19 PM

Thank you kind Sir.

**mklotz** · Sep 20, 2017, 08:06 AM

What's incredible is that this movement is included in some high end WRIST watches!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon

**KickStart** · Sep 20, 2017, 09:54 AM

Like blkadder, I could watch this watch movement until the end of time.

**Jon** · Sep 20, 2017, 09:57 AM

Is the jury still out on whether tourbillons are actually useful in all mechanical timepieces? My take is that they might have limited utility, but they have perpetuated because they are so complex that they are valued in high-dollar watches.

**KickStart** · Sep 20, 2017, 10:17 AM

I just read the Wiki page, and I gathered that they actually work for pure mechanical timepieces better than without them, but still don't stand up to a simple quartz watch for accuracy.