Tourbillon seemed like a good idea at the time but turned out to be only useful as a decoration as the caged rotating escapement never made the movement function more accurately than a conventional bridged balance wheel. That’s why it never caught on as anything beyond a novelty. But it looks cool.
Also, it was made for pocket watches, that while they might rotate, are in one plane. What it corrects for is unnecessary when you swing in all planes with a wristwatch.
@@stuffhappens5681 the Tourbillon was conceived to compensate for the effect of gravity on the delicate hair spring in an always vertical pocket watch. That seriously compromised the accuracy of the watch. They are not a necessary complication on a wristwatch.
@@miggygetright6344So Breguet is like Rolls Royce they can careless what other car manufacturers are doing they will keep making the same product for their target audience and with great quality because their product speaks for itself people that know watches know they’re good quality watches just like people who know cars know Rolls Royce makes good quality vehicles the audience that wants to buy either brand knows who they are they don’t need to market like these other brands because they are established
So when i was not interested in watches, i have an automatic (gifted to me) with open heart of which i proclaim a tourbillon. No one correct me on that though. The embarassment i feel when i realized i was wrong years down the line when i finally start to care about watches 😂
A Turbion just doesn’t interest me in the least. New Year’s Eve celebration says they are prepared. It’s adding complication for the sake of complication and they don’t do what they were designed to do… little or no improvement to accuracy, but it does triple your service cost
People be like : Tourbillion is so complicated, so much parts, prestigious movement, that's why it's expensive. Then came Seagull and other brands selling it for wayyyyy cheaper. You know you are being ripped off. It's all about marketing, and branding.
Teddy. Please. The Tourbillion is a scam since at least 50 years. It's super easy to make, and watch makers have been charging way too much for way too much time. You can get a double Tourbillion watch for under 1000€.
They’re decent, but the problem with them is finding a watchmaker to repair or service them. It’s expensive to service. And the parts are difficult to get.
Chinese are good at complexity but not quality. Atleast I think so. They do make a lot of machines which are complex, but I've never seen good quality.
@@vyrsh0the point though is that it can still be done. So if it’s going to be good quality, maybe $5k at the most. What justifies $999,800 price increase?
@@daltonparker7792 maybe they don't have that kind of engineers or lack some kind machines, but Chinese are never able to produce quality stuff for some reason. and I have specifically seen it in mechanical stuff not civil or electrical. how much money you put in is hardly going to make a difference.
@@vyrsh0 the Chinese actually make some of the finest time pieces in the world, along side japan. It’s the price point you look at though. The grand seiko for example, is the most precise mechanical time piece in existence (aside from super computers that cost$$$), it’s hand polished beyond the standards of any other watch maker in the world, and it still remains elegant and simple. The grand seiko is a marvel of engineering, and is made by 3 guys I believe, from the drawing board, all the way to the customer. And yet, those watches cost $10k brand new. It’s a level of precision that is unmatched. But these watches are going for $100k, simply for a gimmick. :/
#1. China makes these for 400 bucks mass produced and are made reliably #2.the tourbillon was mass produced back in the early 1800s without modern tech There is zero reason for these to be so expensive
Swiss Watch industry has to be the biggest scam. I mean like we can build sophisticated semiconductors for few hundred dollars but a watch costs thousands of dollars😂
Probably the economies of scale. Everyone wears thousands of semiconductors but not many wear watches and then go on to automatic watches. And then the history, prestige, quality and finish
Those are synthetic rubies. Often called jewels. Since they are the second hardest material before diamonds, they almost never wear out, so in watches they are mainly used as bearings in a watch movement to reduce the friction between a watch's mechanical components protecting them from getting worn out.
Why make something simple so complicated. That's a waste of resource and money. When you have a lot of money and you don't know what to do with it, you just start wasting it.
Wdym? He explained it about as well as you can in a short. It’s a mechanism that rotates the spring that causes the watch to “beat”, that way gravity gets more evenly applied to said spring as you wear it throughout the day. Explain it much further and the video becomes a physics lesson.
Tourbillon seemed like a good idea at the time but turned out to be only useful as a decoration as the caged rotating escapement never made the movement function more accurately than a conventional bridged balance wheel. That’s why it never caught on as anything beyond a novelty. But it looks cool.
Also, it was made for pocket watches, that while they might rotate, are in one plane. What it corrects for is unnecessary when you swing in all planes with a wristwatch.
@@stuffhappens5681 the Tourbillon was conceived to compensate for the effect of gravity on the delicate hair spring in an always vertical pocket watch. That seriously compromised the accuracy of the watch. They are not a necessary complication on a wristwatch.
Hands on
Seagull hold my beer
Tourbillion on a Seagull?
Seagull has a $800 onei just saw on chrono
@@Marshell99 yes seagull makes a tourbillon movement
Who's going to repair it? Or service it?
@@ketaminekpno one, they're just gonna replace it another cheaply made tourbillion if you send it back
Always wondered the explanation, thanks for putting it in a short 😊
Pretty sure Tourbillion has been debunked
Yes, but it doesn’t do what it’s supposed to… Little or no improvement for accuracy
@@MrBradclack doesn’t do anything… Little or no improvement accuracy… You are correct
You can buy a Chinese made quality Tourbillion watch for $899. A made in Switzerland Tourbillon movement starts at about $10,000.
There is one an Amazon for $42! I bought it and it feels cheap but was worth $42!
@@Dude12991Probably just an exposed balance wheel and not a true tourbillon.
And the one made in Switzerland is still likely made in china
@@michaelh8854 Source: "dude, trust me"
@@michaelh8854 Source: "dude, trust me"
I've acquired an Agelocer tourbillon, it's such a beautiful thing, I'd never thought I'd own one.
I was a bit skeptical of Agelocer tourbillon, it’s so cheap, I wonder how they can make it for so cheap. How is it as a watch overall?
@avarmauk is absolutely brilliant, I'd recommend one.
It's still working?
@Crimson_V12 yes, it's an amazing watch.
And yet Breguet get overlooked as a brand my many
Having a good product is not enough . You have to market the product the right way to the right people which breguet does poorly .
@@songoku-jx3cb I agree, that is very important.
Breguet are stuck in the past, their watches are amazing but they’re not catering to the new consumers at all.
@miggygetright6344 they don't have to. As long as they still make actually cool stuff
@@miggygetright6344So Breguet is like Rolls Royce they can careless what other car manufacturers are doing they will keep making the same product for their target audience and with great quality because their product speaks for itself people that know watches know they’re good quality watches just like people who know cars know Rolls Royce makes good quality vehicles the audience that wants to buy either brand knows who they are they don’t need to market like these other brands because they are established
Aliexpress: Hold my beer 😂
I got mine for 40 bucks
So when i was not interested in watches, i have an automatic (gifted to me) with open heart of which i proclaim a tourbillon. No one correct me on that though.
The embarassment i feel when i realized i was wrong years down the line when i finally start to care about watches 😂
Amazing close-up shoot!
There are some affordable versions like Stuhrling and Waldhoff, give us a list Teddy!
What do you class as affordable? Sub 10k or not?
I feel like being able to see the movement of ur watch is essential
A Turbion just doesn’t interest me in the least. New Year’s Eve celebration says they are prepared. It’s adding complication for the sake of complication and they don’t do what they were designed to do… little or no improvement to accuracy, but it does triple your service cost
Just for people with much money to enjoy.😂
$100.000... until China came to Ruin it all 😂
Thanks !
Teddy that is a beautiful watch what's the name of that one?
Outstanding presentation
Я купил у китайцев на Ali часы Aesop 7056 за 300$ При чём турбийон у него парящий, а не традиционный. Смотрится красиво. Качество шикарное! Я доволен.
Beautiful
People be like : Tourbillion is so complicated, so much parts, prestigious movement, that's why it's expensive.
Then came Seagull and other brands selling it for wayyyyy cheaper.
You know you are being ripped off. It's all about marketing, and branding.
when a Quartz is more accurate, more durable, easier repaired than a Tourbillion ...
And we’re not going to mention that cool little deadbeat sub dial in the middle there?? What is that cool little thing??
FP Journe is a dream watch for sure. Soon.
Are there different names for tourbillon in one plan like this one and tourbillon spinning in the 3 dimensions?
Thats a gyrotourbillon.
Seagull meanwhile selling tourbillion watches for 100€, seems the hands on approach can be quite cheap when it's a child's.
I gotta say that MOST of my watch collection is Tribillion 😅 BECAUSE I personally like this type of watch. Just for your information
100k is insane
Teddy. Please. The Tourbillion is a scam since at least 50 years. It's super easy to make, and watch makers have been charging way too much for way too much time. You can get a double Tourbillion watch for under 1000€.
Fun fact: a mechanical chronograph is more complex than a tourbillon.
You forgot to say that they are a complete waste of time on a wrist watch
❤❤❤❤❤ those machanics!!!
I always thought a tourbillion was some kind of French food spice.
A real question. If its so expensive to make why can you buy cheap versions like stuhrling for $200?
The damage on that Tissot 😢
What damage? Those micro scratches on the back? Have you ever actually used a wrist watch for it's intended purpose?
Good mechanical decoration
The tourbillon is totally unnecessary in a modern watch.
I think I agree, evidenced by the flood of cheap Chinese Tourbillon s available, typically on TV shopping channels
It’s a flex and looks cool. But serves no real function beyond that. To be fair any mechanical watch is pretty unnecessary in the modern world.
A mechanical movement is totally unnecessary in a modern watch. It’s a craft, let people make cool things and then buy them or don’t.
Lots of things are, but weren't buying these things for pure and absolute usefulness, are we?
Watches as a whole are completely unnecessary. That's why the tourbillon is even more necessary 😜 as decoration
Which watch is that?
F.P. Journe Souveraine
What is the name of the tourbillon principle that looks more like a sphere than a disc?
gyro-tourbillon or 3 axis tourbillon
What do you think about the 1000 dollar Chinese tourbillon?
They’re decent, but the problem with them is finding a watchmaker to repair or service them. It’s expensive to service. And the parts are difficult to get.
Now under 400 dolar
they are fantastic looking, but i'd rather get a cheap skeleton from a shithouse company
crap
Sugess be like: 199 for Tourbillion Master.
Cheapest sugess tourbillion is about $700
& i bought one from aesop for 160 bucks 😁
$100,000….worth every penny 😂
Cant be that hard to make, if even the chinese can pump them out.
Chinese are good at complexity but not quality. Atleast I think so. They do make a lot of machines which are complex, but I've never seen good quality.
@@vyrsh0the point though is that it can still be done. So if it’s going to be good quality, maybe $5k at the most. What justifies $999,800 price increase?
@@daltonparker7792 maybe they don't have that kind of engineers or lack some kind machines, but Chinese are never able to produce quality stuff for some reason. and I have specifically seen it in mechanical stuff not civil or electrical. how much money you put in is hardly going to make a difference.
@@vyrsh0 the Chinese actually make some of the finest time pieces in the world, along side japan. It’s the price point you look at though. The grand seiko for example, is the most precise mechanical time piece in existence (aside from super computers that cost$$$), it’s hand polished beyond the standards of any other watch maker in the world, and it still remains elegant and simple. The grand seiko is a marvel of engineering, and is made by 3 guys I believe, from the drawing board, all the way to the customer. And yet, those watches cost $10k brand new. It’s a level of precision that is unmatched. But these watches are going for $100k, simply for a gimmick. :/
@@daltonparker7792 yes, completely forgot about that.
A tourbillon is useless on a modern watch. It only makes a watch more expensive and more vulnerable, but not increasing the accuracy.
Beautifully engineered…but far too complicated to do much more with than admire
#1. China makes these for 400 bucks mass produced and are made reliably
#2.the tourbillon was mass produced back in the early 1800s without modern tech
There is zero reason for these to be so expensive
100k of witch 5k of watch and 95k “because it’s a tourbillion and I’m a Swiss watchmaker”
Love it
Zero power still works!
Understood nothing but like the watch
Swiss Watch industry has to be the biggest scam. I mean like we can build sophisticated semiconductors for few hundred dollars but a watch costs thousands of dollars😂
Probably the economies of scale. Everyone wears thousands of semiconductors but not many wear watches and then go on to automatic watches.
And then the history, prestige, quality and finish
Uh, no.. you can get a tourbillon for much less than £100k. Did you mean 10k?
Did a tourbulon cost that much back then lol or even relative
What is that purple glass for?
Those are synthetic rubies. Often called jewels. Since they are the second hardest material before diamonds, they almost never wear out, so in watches they are mainly used as bearings in a watch movement to reduce the friction between a watch's mechanical components protecting them from getting worn out.
Now ask this to the chinese: "why it is so cheap?" 😂
UM, NO - MOST SWISS TOURBILLIONS ARE MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL $10K - NOT $100K
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All cost production 1000 dollar .
Selling $ 100.000.000 .😅😅😅
China can build a real one for about 1000 euro, so it is not expensive. Only marketing makes it expensive.
100k? I can get 100 of em on Temu for 50 bucks 😂
Putting the billion in tourbillion.
"Why is tourbillon so expensive?"
Because it is not made in China...
Tour.... rhymes with pour.
Wrooong suges didit for 500$
Review the Trump version
And yet, cheap ones are being made by the millions in THAT country
“Terrbeeyaan” Eh?
Why make something simple so complicated. That's a waste of resource and money.
When you have a lot of money and you don't know what to do with it, you just start wasting it.
Chinese: what the hell is this guy talking about.
Here goes 200 pounds tourbillon
Here goes 300 pounds tourbillon
I can get one from temu for $10
Aand it's completely useless in a wristwatch. Nice to observe though.
But it looks cooooool 😎
Theoratically??
Seriously??
F. P. Journe
Why are than chinese tourbillon-watches so cheap?
So you’re the reason he’s trying to charge $100,000.
Nice but I don't care really
Anyone else here because of the Trump watch?
It's a gimmick for fools😂
I'm autisticks
Strange. Your confused and gibbery explanation still leaves me wanting to know what exactly a 'tourbillion' is.
I'll ask Chat gtp instead...
Wdym? He explained it about as well as you can in a short. It’s a mechanism that rotates the spring that causes the watch to “beat”, that way gravity gets more evenly applied to said spring as you wear it throughout the day. Explain it much further and the video becomes a physics lesson.