In horology, a tourbillon (/tʊərˈbɪljən/; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived...
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The Bugatti Tourbillon is an upcoming mid-engine hybrid sports car manufactured by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. The Tourbillon succeeds the...
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Look up tourbillon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tourbillon is a type of mechanical clock or watch escapement. Tourbillon may also refer to: Château...
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Tourbillon Castle (French: Château de Tourbillon) is a castle in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Basilique...
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The Stade de Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC...
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the RM 006 Felipe Massa Tourbillon, which weighed 48 grams excluding the strap, in 2005 the 29 g RM 009 Felipe Massa Tourbillon, and in 2007 the 20 g (including...
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Greubel Forsey (section Quadruple Tourbillon)
Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Greubel Forsey makes timepieces with multiple tourbillons and inclined balance wheels with the aim of improving timekeeping precision...
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The Chasle YC-12 Tourbillon ("Whirlwind") was a single-seat light sporting aircraft developed in France in the mid-1960s and marketed for homebuilding...
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high-watchmaking timepiece, the Quenttin, the first watch to have a vertical tourbillon and a 31-day power reserve, at the time the world's longest power reserve...
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luxury watchmaking company known for creating tonneau-shaped skeleton tourbillon watches. Bianchet was founded by Rodolfo Festa Bianchet and Emmanuelle...
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Patek Philippe (section Sky Moon Tourbillon)
including tourbillon, minute repeater, sky chart, and moon phase & orbit. In 2013, the company introduced the second model of Sky Moon Tourbillon, Ref. 6002...
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Tourbillon (Japanese: トゥールビヨン, Hepburn: Tūrubiyon, French for "whirlwind") are a Japanese rock trio formed in 2005 by Luna Sea members Ryuichi Kawamura...
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Corum (watchmakers) (section Tourbillon and Classical)
available with diamond work. The Corum Tourbillon and Classical collection comprise the Corum Classical Billionaire Tourbillon, a diamond and sapphire-covered...
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celestial-themed Astronomia Tourbillon in 2013, initially introduced at Baselworld 2013. By 2016, there were 99 iterations of the Astronomia Tourbillon. In 2019, Arabo...
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Switzerland. The company was founded in 2017, and produces manually wound tourbillon watches. Their movements are designed by watchmaker Eric Coudray, who...
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d'Horlogerie on three occasions: In 2004 for the Tourbillon Souverain à seconde morte, the current-generation Tourbillon Souverain with dead beat seconds; in 2006...
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Phillips. Retrieved 2021-11-05. "Royal Oak Concept "Black Panther" Flying Tourbillon". Audemars Piguet. Retrieved 2021-04-10. "Audemars Piguet & Friends, Live...
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headquarters in Villa Marguerite in 1999. It is best known for the historic Tourbillon with three gold bridges, which was awarded a gold medal at the 1889 International...
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The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League and the Swiss Cup in 13 of their...
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Piaget SA (section Tourbillon movement)
2002 brought out the first Piaget Manufacture tourbillon movement, the Calibre 600P, the thinnest tourbillon in the world with 3.5 mm thickness. In 2004...
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chronograph at the time. In 2000, produced the world's first self-winding tourbillon and perpetual calendar, with an eight-day power reserve. In 2005, patented...
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Tourbillon FC is a football (soccer) club from Chad based in N'Djamena. The club has won Chad Premier League title 6 times. The club plays home matches...
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Tourbillon (1928–1954) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. Tourbillon was bred and raced by one of France's most prominent horsemen...
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by certain functions including the chronograph, flyback, tachymeter, tourbillon as well as indicators and displays such as big date and day, power reserve...
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Bugatti Automobiles (section Tourbillon)
be called the Tourbillon. Powered by a Cosworth-engineered naturally aspirated V16 paired with a 3 motor hybrid system, the Tourbillon has a total horsepower...
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brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801...
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Frédérique Constant (section Tourbillon)
brittleness, can also be overcome. In April 2008, Frederique Constant created a tourbillon with a silicon escape-wheel and, for the first time, an amplitude of over...
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"complications", such as moon-phase displays and the different types of tourbillon, are sometimes included. Most electronic quartz watches, on the other...
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Master Gyrotourbillon 1 with a spherical Tourbillon. The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon is equipped with a tourbillon adjustable to the nearest second; the Reverso...
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In 2005, the Excalibur collection was launched, equipped with Double Tourbillon Skeleton movement. In August 2008, Richemont Group acquired 60% of Roger...
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