Life With Tourbillon, Life With Precision
Tourbillon is a speed-regulating device of horologe which was invented by a Swiss horological master, Abraham Louis Breguet, in 1795. The French word “tourbillon”, with the meaning of “whirlpool”, refers to a sort of mechanical watch equipped with a governor gear of rotation and escapement so as to proofread and correct the error of the movements for clocks and watches caused by gravity. Tourbillon represents the superlative of horological manufacturing workmanship. The governor gear group together and revolve with a fixed speed at the same time to reduce the impact caused by gravity to the lowest, thus has perfected the time precision. Thanks to its unique operating pattern, it has always been honored as “The King of Horologe”.
Tourbillon is not suitable for every single man. It is mainly designed for three groups of people, that is, people who are really particular about time, people of high taste and people who own a distinctive collection of watches. Since it costs grand efforts and complex process to produce a fabulous tourbillon, the one who appreciates it deserves it.
Jaeger LeCoutre stands out for this newly released merchandise Master Date Tourbillon 39mm. It has perfectly interpreted the innotation of the brand, to pursuit acme constantly and always strive to improve. The color of the face is elegant ivory tint and the hands of it are all polished by hand thoroughly. In order to express the artistic achievement of a work in every little detail, Jaeger LeCoutre has specially adopted transparent sapphire crystal case-back and make the mechanical component come into our sight ingeniously.
In this newly launched watch, the tourbillon regulator matches a precise movement which is equipped with a large balance wheel with a vibration frequency of 28, 800 times per hour. The escapement is also changed to a more compact design to be installed properly in a limited space of the tourbillon. As for its weight of only 0. 28g, the watchsmith chose to use titanium which is hard and difficult to process, yet its light texture makes the watch run more accurately.
Tourbillon world is amazing in every moment. Time solidifies into eternity and consummate skill is magic creating miracles.
