The outlaws of bling
The heart of brass and steel
The great electronic storm
The seal of perfection
lara Abraham-Louis Breguet designed a gravity-defying tourbillon mechanism for pocket watches
lara Watchmakers build intricate mechanical complications to perform functions beyond telling time
lara Swiss Watch Complications
These gears align to chase the leap year's run, Perfectly ticking till the century's done.
The internal mechanism of a clock or watch that measures time and powers its functions. Swiss watchmakers in the Jura region have hand-assembled these mechanical movements since the sixteenth century.
Microscopic power: A mechanical watch's mainspring is made of a steel alloy coiled so tightly it can power the watch for days.
What watch component acts as a circular pendulum, oscillating back and forth to regulate time?
Which crucial watch component regulates the release of energy and produces the classic ticking sound?
How does a tourbillon mechanism counteract the negative effects of gravity on a watch's accuracy?
Which advanced watch complication chimed the time using tiny internal hammers, originally designed for reading time in the dark?
Which legendary watchmaker patented the gravity-defying tourbillon mechanism in Paris in 1801?