flying tourbillon

Perrelet Automatic Flying Tourbillon Watch

Does this Perrelet watch case look familiar? It is the same one that the Turbine XL uses. Perrelet enjoyed the case so much they wanted this limited edition Automatic Flying Tourbillon watch to enjoy it as well. The case is 50mm wide in 18k rose gold and DLC coated steel. While the case is big, it still wears nicely. The strap is nicely integrated rubber. The piece contains the Perrelet P-161 automatic movement made by Perrelet. The movement has a long power reserve of 110 hours and of course, it is also an automatic. The flying one minute tourbillon doubles as the subsidiary seconds dial, while the time is placed above it on a smaller dial. Something about this really reminds me of Hublot. The back plate is made of an interesting looking piece of black carbon fiber. All in all pretty nifty and I look forward to seeing it in person soon.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Piaget Polo Tourbillon Relatif

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Spring has sprung, the time when watch companies get ready for the spring shows and bring out their tourbillons. Piaget will be unveiling the Polo Tourbillon Relatif at the upcoming SIHH 2006. This watches has a flying tourbillon suspended on the minute hand. The tourbillon spins once per minute on its own axis and then circles the watch face once her hour. The case is done in 18K white gold with a silver dial with gold Arabic numerals and hour markers. It uses an in-house manual-winding caliber 608P with 27 jewels, beating at 21,600 bph and with a 70 hour power reserve. The watch has a black alligator leather strap with an 18K white gold folding clasp.

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