Harry Winston Glissiere Tourbillon
Filed under: Timepieces
We're a bit late to the show on this one but the Glissière tourbillon automatic watch from Harry Winston definitely deserves mentioning. I had seen pictures of the watch before but it took a piece in Europastar to help me figure out why this watch is so unique. The Glissière offers a new way to automatically wind a movement, instead of the motion being circular it is side to side. The inspiration came from the piston motion of steam engines. One the dial side here are two platinum carriages which are guided by rails beside the gear trains, a bridge with a cut-out pattern of the HW monogram, and a flying tourbillon. The movement generated by the platinum pins isn't enough to wind the barrel spring so on the back there are two other methods of winding in the shape of fans rising and falling around a central access. It takes around four hours to completely win the barrel spring which has a reserve of more than 90 hours.
