How On Earth Does A Tourbillon Work?

[@iDeondrae]

Many of you are gonna pretend you understood the principles first time you watched this…

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

The first time I saw a tourbillon ad in a french Elle magazine sitting on the toilet back in 1991 I wondered what that sorcery was, didn't get it fully yet.

[@wolfcommander6009]

I still dont understand why it matters what others understand so i just keep it movin yo

[@Ballsyone]

@@wolfcommander6009 hehehe yyyyep. Me too.

[@mitchmitchell9588]

That's exactly right. When Mr. Hands gets going, gotta go back and get a refresher on mechanical engineering. People just need to admit that they don't get it!

[@clementckm]

It’s a complication that’s proven not working, so basically we don’t have to pretend

[@JasonTheWatchGuy]

Tourbillon is probably the most brilliant complication in a wristwatch! With that being said, I had to re-watch this over and over to get the information in because I kept getting lost in the subject piece

[@kokhui32liau88]

If I not wrong a tourbillion is not a complication, it's a type of movement.

[@chriss2122]

Perpetual calendar is way more impressive.

[@janelavie4115]

Back to good old Watchfinder mode again 👍

[@penngwinn]

Wow, that's a beauty. While you talked about the tourbillon I went and got mine in the Zeroo T4 that you've shown a few times. Thanks for sharing that one! Now I get to have one of these complications, and save myself $107k.

[@jackroom1261]

John Arnold came up with the idea of the tourbillon. After he died in 1799 breguet patented it in 1801. It’s know he came up with it as breguet gave the first tourbillon movement - which was retrofitted to an Arnold movement, to Arnold’s son in 1808 I believe.

[@keepgrindingup7661]

That is an absolutely gorgeous watch ... it works extremely well explaining the definition

[@dxwkx9119]

Not just the tourbillon, the finishing on the movement is incredible.

[@TheLieutenant]

"You just have to work more hours at a desk to afford one" had me DYING 🤣🤣🤣👍

[@neerajs75]

This is one of your best videos! Informative.

[@BarisPalabiyik]

This felt great, after all these podcast kind of episodes.

[@matthewbrotman2907]

Didn’t recognize you with the gloves on 😆

[@xevious4142]

Leng and Heyne is so underrated. Awesome watch.

[@coffeeisgood102]

I had really regarded the tourbillon in a wristwatch as unnecessary excess, only practical for a pocket watch. But you bring up a good point about people who live physically sedentary lives. That makes a lot of sense. We could even give it a name, “The Sedentary Watch”.

[@dreamst]

Stunning craftsmanship and design.

[@alphacause]

Tourbillons are a quintessential example of people creating something that is hard to achieve, not because they need to, at least not anymore, but just because they can. Yes, during the era of pocket watches tourbillons had great utility, but now when a watchmaker invests time and the expense to create one, it is just a demonstration of their skill. Tourbillons are to watch making what making a street legal car that can break the 300 mph per hour speed barrier is to the automotive industry. There is no practical application for it, but it is a admirable demonstration of skill and human ingenuity. After all, one of the things that distinguishes us from other animals is our desire to achieve more than what is practical. The same push to design something so difficult as the tourbillon is what drives everything that we characterize as great human achievements - from the Great Pyramids to the Michelangelo's David, to Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

[@rtbinc2273]

I think it was Tom's hands masquerading as Andrew. I just love the watch. My Great Grandfather trained as a jeweler in Dresden back in the day. I wonder if he knew or at least met Lange?

[@statlerwaldorf7130]

Beautiful and ingenious many thanks Andrew, a pleasure to watch and learn

[@JochenVogel]

Yes, quite the beauty. And with a lot of thought having gone into its construction, obviously. I would have liked to hear more about this individual tourbillon. Does Lang & Heyne's care for balancing the whole construction make it more shockproof than other flying tourbillons? Is that charming shock-protection spring L&H's own design? Does the pallet-lever owe its shape solely to the form of the tourbillon-cage or are there other reasons behind it? Etc., etc.... And of course: Are these really Your hands, Andrew? Or did someone else in Dresden put on gloves in the attempt to pose as You?

[@kfwimmer]

You have done it again. Superb video as always!

[@samfallow18]

Thank you, Mr Talking Gloves.

[@minhdanghoang0110]

Hi, may I ask what type of camera body and lens you used to make this wonderful video?

[@mitchmitchell9588]

Beautiful video. I'm putting this is my "save for later" file because I want to rewatch and try to understand all that Mr. Hands is explaining. As an American, it's kinda like listening to the BBC reports on cricket matches. I know you are speaking English, but I don't get a damn word you are saying. HAHA!

[@phillipkitta5447]

Great video…could you make a review of LONGINES ULTRA CHRON PLEASE? THANKS

[@MrTripsJ]

The soundtrack on your videos makes me emotional over a tourbillon lmao

[@Ballsyone]

Thank you for the lesson!!! 🙂

[@dodgydruid]

I got my first tourbillion, from a usual chinese cheap company called Oskar Emil, it is not only a tourbillion but also a regulateur and is very steampunk. Heck I paid £13 for the Orbit, automatic as well and very very eyecatching :)

[@robertlock6041]

Wow! This is wonderful, I love this watch!Thanks Andrew. L&H have an instructional video on the Anton, which is worth a peak... So you borrowed this! And I thought you had it in stock... hopes rise, and collapse. Oh well, continue saving I suppose... 😳... 🙂

[@donjuan150]

They never talk or show the watches they have for sale....strange...

[@alexsully1233]

Lovely watch and good presentation but to my mind it would have been better if diagrams or individual components had been had been used to explain/illustrate each stage of the description. Clearly it is not possible to take such a valuable watch to pieces but It is not always obvious which is the part being described to those who are not watch nerds. By the way, I used to write technical guidance for my living and have both of George Daniel's books so not without an understanding myself - I just think there are better ways of explaining such details.

[@TheGbelcher]

This is 800 year old engineering that is still mind blowing.

[@quicktutorialsfastreviews5964]

Suggestion ; a video on Longines

[@BatsiraiMusuka]

I lean more towards round faced watches…but this is beautiful.

[@FFrappeFairy]

I watched the whole thing and I’m still wondering how it works

[@ammoalamo6485]

Beautiful work of art, should be displayed more often. It is one of the few items I would buy with my massive lottery winnings, soon to come if I can get off my duff and buy a ticket. Despite the careful explanation I still don't know how a toubillion works, though.

[@henryerlich6132]

Lang & Heyne watches, not only this model, are at the absolute highest level of finishing.

[@mannybruce8950]

A $100,000 Tourbillon watch . China : " Hold our chopsticks " .

[@Lexcoaster]

Lang & Heyne are criminally underrated. Fantastic watches.

[@raupenimmersatt6906]

True- but you cant flex with them while taking pictures while driving your car like you can with your 10k Submariner. If I had the money, one of the German brands are my first pick for Sure

[@Lexcoaster]

@@raupenimmersatt6906 Flexing is for those who seek validation in others. :)

[@raupenimmersatt6906]

@@Lexcoaster So like the majority now for Rolex SS Model buyers ;-) But im with you.. there are so many good watches for less than a Submariner- for example a used Breguet Heritage in Full gold..

[@Lexcoaster]

@@raupenimmersatt6906 Exactly! Breguet is also highly underrated. Although you should always buy the watch you want regardless of what others think. ;-)

[@raupenimmersatt6906]

@@Lexcoaster true- im currently heavily considering a Breguet Heritage or Glashütte Panomaticlunar. The Breguet is a steal used considering the retail price was 30-40k lol and you can get them from 7-12k Depending on the bracelet

[@yunlongwu8071]

I'm a proud owner of a Lange tourbillon watch

[@josephpaul8874]

You just know a watch is very special when "the hand" is hiding it's nakedness with a scratch proof glove...

[@adrishbanerjee5822]

I have a mathematics exam tomorrow and i am watching this 😭

[@scottyrob82]

Now that's a classy dress watch.

[@ericalbert6954]

Merci beaucoup l'Ami !

[@korbindallis]

Thanks

[@thevu-riley-poleselfamily3744]

Hey can you recommend a book that you have read that really inspired you to learn and taught you a lot about watches

[@denverdog44]

You spin me round round baby round round

[@user-hv6dv6wh7v]

A phenomenal watch indeed. But the jewel securing spring at the center of the tourbillion with the three attachments. One opening is past the peg and just cut out to fit. I can't stop seeing that. It couldn't be an oversight. Is it a designed imperfection?

[@ppsalev]

When the talking hands get the gloves on - the things get serious .

[@philco2290]

At Timestamp 7:04 7:04 one can see that the tourbillon on this particular watch is not constructed properly. One of the circles around the crystal ( the shock protecting gold nib ) in the center isn’t connected to its rod. Wonder if that is an issue.

[@nullifye7816]

It seems longer than the other two "Isle of Man legs". I saw it but thought it was probably intended simply to tension off that pin.

[@hankcohen3419]

Can you report on the Girard-Perregaux constant force escapement?

[@legacywatchguy8333]

...as I nod my head and mutter, "Uh huh...", and remain as clueless as ever. But, thanks for trying Andrew.

[@geraint8989]

This perfectly describes why no Rolex has a Tourbillon. On one hand is brilliant watchmaking, on the other gaudy lumps of gold with billions spent on marketing.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

I have an identical chinese knock off ... works perfectly . $375.00

[@quatrical]

I don’t have enough money on my wallet to understand these 😂

[@chrisc475]

That view of the back of the movement 🥰

[@javahaxxor]

I'd like to see a video of a modified Seamaster 300M with tritium markers. Maybe a superluminova/tritium cake.. I used to have a cheap watch with tritium, superluminova can't hold a candle to it really.. Thinking about having mine modded..

[@WALNIKOSs]

The blue screw is a second marker

[@Mizai]

i literally searched this a few weeks ago

[@mnnaqs]

Basically works like a combi drill

[@melody3741]

The gravity pointing wrong way issue with the wristwatch is a complete oversimplification and is straight up wrong. The only people the tourbillon faces “the wrong way” for are office workers and even then only sometimes. Walking, driving, working with hands, all has the tourbillon face correctly. The real issue is it moves around so much on your wrist that it doesn’t have any real effect, or rather the effect is outweighed by you yourself changing its position. Tourbillons on wristwatches are useless unless they are 2 or 3 axis. Even the fp journe sideways tourbillon - still useless

[@LumemDH]

Even then, the multi-axis tourbillons aren’t essential for accurate timekeeping on mechanical/automatic wristwatches, they’re more like just works of art.

[@jackwilson5542]

Tourbillon is arguably the most useful watch complication. Anything else you can emulate with a smartwatch.

[@noname-dv5py]

Your explanation would be more understandable (for example, for school students) if you animate or compare it with smth in the simplest way.

[@kokhui32liau88]

Is tourbillion a complication or is a type of movement?

[@0_IQ_Noob]

Remember this guy has posted about a tourbillion before ...

[@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen]

Those slotted screws are not alignment with the edge and one in another colour.

[@ardie554]

Nice, very nice watch! Let's see if I get to 2000 hrs overtime behind my desk..

[@Sur-Ron]

It's a shame you didn't use a Breguet.

[@jamespatrick1548]

If NASA ever has an engineering dilemma they need help in resolving, they should head to Zurich or Glashutte and talk to these watch people. Astonishing feats of engineering.

[@TempestSama]

koenigsegg is faster than tourbillion. the koenigsegg channel tested it.

[@andreaargelli2934]

Beautiful

[@gonzalle]

Breguet was Prussian, then French... Did all his carreer in France

[@constastar1660]

171W172

[@zainphillips643]

Are we gonna pretend you never did this exact video 3 years ago?

[@mrspondozi]

I like the look of heat blue screws in a watch but I don't understand why the tourbillion has 1 blue and 2 plain screws. If someone has decided that it looks good for aesthetic reasons, it's lost on me. Nice watch though.

[@mikenorris5378]

Guessing the blue indicates the seconds.

[@RaymondLo84]

$100k watch... amazing...

[@SupernalOne]

It's just like an alethiometer

[@coffeemarshall3484]

Rumor has it that this is how a tourbillon works on the moon as well. Believe it.........or not.

[@Hunter-dn8sy]

nice.

[@ashrafkhan9316]

This toy for me as REPAIR TEAKNICAION

[@porscheoscar]

World's smallest Rube Goldberg device.

[@Bob-1802]

On Moon, tourbillons work differently.

[@sam3346]

Were are the beautiful hands gone? 😮

[@grointastic4242]

Yes office workers are sad cases

[@markosthomadakis9256]

Excellent video. However you do realise gravity is relative to mass hence it’s impact on a mechanical watch is minimal. The tourbillon is a brilliant invention of that time and in my opinion it was mostly a demonstration of superior design and sophisticated engineering over anything else. By the way mechanical watches are like the steam engines in trains. I mean you do know that quartz watches are by definition way better compared to any mechanical watch? 😂

[@adrianlovic6486]

But are they?

[@headshot6959]

Can you get hold of something made by Roger Smith?

[@PunitSedani]

Tag Heuer makes the cheapest of these movements available for a collector

[@LambentOrt]

Gorgeous

[@keiouji1629]

Its junk like this that ruins society . Thinking back to older days, if my boss had this, and I just had a cheap watch that lost 2-3 minutes a day... I would probably get yelled at for being late and my boss would poke at me for not being as good as he was for not being able to get such an accurate watch. Even tho he prob was just advancing the time to flex and pay me less.

[@ronaldhuang2496]

Ah this is why my apple watch is so pricey

[@BaquePhotography]

So explain to me why this watch still cost 100k. I can buy a CAD CO2 cutting laser for a couple grand for the small parts and a regular CNC mill for the larger pieces, and literally make every part of that movement myself. I see hundreds of watch repairers online that can disassemble and assemble every watch put in front of them. Why not just make it yourself. Casting gold and silver can be done anywhere with a couple of hundred bucks worth of kit and finally you can 3d print in casting wax. So there's no part of that watch you couldn't manufacture at home. Has anyone done this? Certainly typing in the words "3d tourbillon file download" into google will yield something.

[@markjones1337]

Wait till the watch makers of today finally realize gravity is a myth. Faker than Rolex in a Turkey seaside shop window.

[@dihanahmed965]

hmm

[@348frank348]

cool

[@gizmofactory]

the talking gloves...

[@carlosoruna7174]

Umm. I'll go with a casio quartz and invest in gold for the balance.

[@tomcraig8027]

£110,000 or £300 with Tourbillon from Chinese manufacturers. Sure the craftsmanship and hand finishing etc etc but doesn’t this exemplify the utter insanity of high end watch pricing? Having said that as always a great explanation Andrew.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

I have pocket watches with tourbillons but no wristwatches, that's another lever of collecting, unless you're into the Chinese stuff. Meh

[@Dadnatron]

Lot more hours…

[@michele_]

Please change the songs

[@zillsburyy1]

the watch that nobody wants

[@ahmed-A.112]

I own a rolex with tourbillon

[@robertkallai1327]

Looks good on my submariner too.

[@garyboyle695]

If you do it's an aftermarket add on as Rolex have never made one.

[@ahmed-A.112]

@@garyboyle695 no bro its factory a piece unique

[@handlesarethelaststrawiquit]

Are you crazy? You can't wear that watch sitting at a desk!

[@Goodbutevilgenius]

Why?

[@handlesarethelaststrawiquit]

@@Goodbutevilgenius You'd have to put the whole desk in a large black glove.

[@turbyoulance]

Pointless waste of money in my opinion.

[@adrianlovic6486]

LOL

[@apothecy4011]

6th