Working Model of a Genuine Tourbillon Wrist Watch

Working Model of a Genuine Tourbillon Wrist Watch is a gadget that will add an animated copy of the Tourbillon Wrist Watch to your desktop.

Invented by Abraham Louis Breguet in 1795, the Tourbillon places the balance wheel, escape lever, and escape wheel into a pivoting cage oscillating and rotating itself around the axis of the frame every 60 seconds, acting also as a second hand. With this rotation of the escapement, the effects of friction and earth's gravity are suppressed as all parts of the escapement are equally exposed to its influence.

Few master watchmakers are able to execute such an ingenious mechanism requiring complex engineering skills and thus the Tourbillon remains one of the most valued complications. Between 1795 and 1945, less than 800 Tourbillons were made worldwide.