The Art of Tourbillon & Carrousel in Watchmaking - Chronometry Saga n°3

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They are spectacular, and for this reason they embody the craftsmanship of haute horlogerie. But the tourbillon and the carrousel were invented for other reasons. Their first role is to average out the impact of gravity on the movement's rate. Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet at the end of the 17th century, the tourbillon makes the whole escapement revolve around its own axis. Created by Bahne Bonniksen in 1892, the carrousel follows the same principle but in a more secured way.

[@wmrustycox]

Thank you for helping to explain these complicated mechanisms. They are both masterpieces of engineering, even by today's perception...much less having been created over a century ago. The human mind is an amazing thing !

[@iandres2394]

You can almost feel the passion for watches from the creators of this video. This is one of the best videos of horology i have ever seen. What i really love about watches is that they reflect our perception of art and life. Because human mind can express emotions is the reason of existence of watches as a piece of art.

[@nealfry2230]

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[@Benzmusics9]

I can watch those complex mechanism running all day! Thanks for the great video.

[@watchestv-com]

Benzninger L.M. Thanks a lot for the comment and I therefore think we're going to make you happy with some of our videos!!!

[@Limou551]

you have to power cord it, and dont forget it. I like to look to them too, but life is not just watches

[@pwn1966]

I believe I have a new favorite video of yours in this particular one.The fact is I enjoy learning about intricate mechanisms.The photography was absolutely fantastic as well.Thanks again.

[@watchestv-com]

+Paul William Nagy You're very welcome, thanks and true that these concepts can sometimes be a bit difficult to explain, but we love to do so!

[@newsigmundfreud3023]

@@watchestv-com Thank you very much for all the videos I have watched so far on your channel.

[@yiannismerianos]

Amazing mechanisms both!

[@FirestormAA]

Great video for a deeper understanding of both movements....... Thanks for the great effort.

[@sschueller]

Thank you for all these great videos! They are a joy to watch.

[@watchestv-com]

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[@michaelbauers8800]

Good video. I predicted the comments section though. "OH MY GOD, WHY YOU IDIOTS SPEND $1000s ON CRAP MECHANICAL WHEN MY $5 QUARTZ KEEP BETTER TIME" ( I exaggerate for comic effect.) Are they trolls, or simply people who don't appreciate the reasons people will spend a fair amount of money of artistry and craftsmanship. No one will lust after that $5 quartz watch ever. Sure, one can always look at luxury, art and craftmanship as total waste of money. So is all the money spent on blood sports like American Football. And stupid reality TV shows. And really anything that doesn't feed you, keep you alive or propagate the species. Or maybe people just want a little piece of mechanical beauty in their lives. Some might grow a rose. Some might paint a lovely seascape. And some might make a beautiful watch. But I sense such thoughts are wasted on internet trolls :)

[@watchestv-com]

Yes, that's a classic indeed, but people are beginning to understand... and we're here for that ;)

[@krishnaraokotagiri624]

Really wonderful mechanism stunning no words

[@ilanpi]

One of the reasons that tourbillons dominated the score of the International Chronometry Competition is that the testing method is based on the ISO 3159 norm (also used by the COSC) which tests watches in vertical positions, so the tourbillons gain a natural advantage.

[@edgarsantiagomoral8482]

Piece of art... lovely video congrats!!!!

[@shogunero3.6]

Tourbillions are fucking beautiful.

[@miratundiniyah4335]

It's so interesting turbillions. I love it!

[@yourdata2478]

Blancpain make beautifully crafted machines 👏👏👏🤗👍

[@media1981]

twobiong threebiong fourbiong... pho bion is my favorite restaurant!... ahem

[@kaybatah6664]

Excellent explanation

[@maxymiw]

Great show with wonderful video quality and very informative. Keep up the good work

[@watchestv-com]

Thank you for your nice comment! We expect to do even better for our next sagas!

[@arturgarncarz3631]

Great video! I didn't know there is a difference. And that blancpain with two movements is a masterpiece!!!!!! Maybe some day.. after i will sell my dog, wife and a car i could afford one :)

[@watchestv-com]

Hahaha, it's a choice ;) best to you

[@bigbearddahuzi1036]

Must be a really nice dog...

[@josephstratti52]

Keep your Pet

[@originaldeftom]

So pleased to see you are showing BLANCPAIN as the text book example of a pioneering watch maker. I love this brand which is sadly so poorly marketed these days. BLANCPAIN is the oldest, e even older than V.C., watchmaker of the world.

[@dmarcellus]

I love these watches.

[@samirtohme6566]

Very interesting and nice video. Many thanks.

[@watchestv-com]

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[@LinhNguyen-pn2op]

Thank you!

[@HHIto]

Bravo!

[@haithamalmalabeh]

nice , really awesome I like this watchs . but it's very expensive

[@WatchLoversWL]

Thank you for such an Informative video.

[@wesleycrusher3339]

Excellent and very informative video. Thank you and keep up the good work!

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[@Fabs1994]

I like this series very much. Thank you for all the information! keep it up :)

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[@3dengz986]

Nice introduction video

[@NathanChisholm041]

very interesting viewing...

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[@jsilva1982]

That black and gold one provoked some serious movements in my trousers. Just sayin...

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[@vasaiyanilesh558]

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[@watchestv-com]

Very nice to hear this, thanks!!

[@guitartec]

I wish someone would make an affordable tourbillon in an understated 38mm case. Every one I've ever seen is as big as a clock. I know they require some real estate, but by now you'd think some watchmakers would have scaled them down. I don't like big-ass diamond-crusted watches that scream "look at me". I like small complex wrist watches that only I know how cool it is.

[@carmelpule6954]

What really interests me is how a man's mind in a particular nation evolves to come up with such inspirations and concepts that are not merely philosophical but are implemented and guaranteed to work accurately over many years. How come some nations produce such minds while others do not? It seems that the study of relations between noises in languages and other shapes and symbols in art, including the concepts of superstitions and religions, did well to organise a primitive mind to cause it to give attention not only to instincts, but to other observations using sensory organs as vision and audio. It is not easy to get a man's mind to observe and note the relation between entities, as in general a primitive mind sees the isolated entity before him but not the relations to other around it. I wonder how many minds would make the grade to understand the mental steps needed to change from a stationary axis escapement wheel to one whose axis rotates around as in the tourbillon. It is these higher order thoughts and implementations that form a developed nation. It is such a pity that our schools do not touch on transferring such concepts to our children at an early age and many people in education completely miss out on making their minds process at such levels. In such situations one must not weigh the result through assessing the costs, nor the time used in creating such issues, but the foundations which will help to build the next stage and step which a developed mind need to climb to reach the next stage of mental development. I wonder how many people in a developed nation could have the potential to have a mind which accounts for all the explanations in this mechanical movement. There are nations which need hundred of years before some of its workforce will ever reach such processing powers. One does not reach such mental powers through being the proud owner by buying such technology, but by sitting down and looking at such a work of art, whose beauty exists in the relations that produce such harmonious motion. That in itself is the aim, and value of such masterpieces and one thanks destiny for being lucky to have lived in a nation whose diverse educations made us appreciate such a value in European HIstory. Thank you for such educational videos, which feed a man's mind with good elevations to higher levels. It is a sort of spiritual food that makes one feel that while man's instinct is important to follow, the human mind needs to value what other men are capable of conceiving!!

[@watchestv-com]

+Carmel Pule' Very interesting comment and we're also fascinated by the fact that the human mind managed to transform a very intangible concept as time into something mechanical and very tangible!

[@fredmart7130]

White supremacists be off their rocket

[@marwanomar]

Fred Mart haha that’s exactly what I read between the lines, little does he know outside of his “developed nation”

[@carmelpule6954]

@@NeoHCgbz , Sir, let us look at how our comforts of life in and outside our homes came about and in what area of our world there were the fortunate conditions for the human mind to produce what it produced in any nation. 1. Since early humans appeared on earth, nine out ten of that duration Human hunted with primitive tangible tools. Animals did the same with their teeth and their claws. 2. About 10,000 BC the hunting tools became ploughs and in some nations, the agricultural revolution was built with tangible tools. Many other people stuck in social behaviour and prayed believed in superstitions. War was rampant. 3. About 1000BC the era of religion and war occupied many social professions without any one of them producing any home comforts for the family. Comfort was found in the afterlife when people die. 4. Art, Literature, musical, cultural, tradition, occupied people's mind to alienate them from the dirt, the sickness, the plagues human life had to fact. Art needed the engineering structure to support it. Logic rather than emotions started forming in the human mind. 5. The shipping industry and sailing ships were lost with crews and so Henry VIII required a navigation system to save people's lives. In that era 25,000 pounds were offered to the person who would solve the longitude and the latitude problem of navigation. Born in 1693 John Harrison made the first clock with the Grasshopper escapement being rather accurate. I consider that was the first application of the human mind to complex harmonious mechanical linkages. Many lives were saved in those seafaring nations. 6. The logic of the clock, with its rotating escapement and oscillating parts, helped to conceive the knowledge of the flywheel crankshaft and the piston where the steam engine about 1750 was developed in those are of the world which fortunately had all the required combinations of steel, coal, the experience of the logic of their past " machines". Diesel engines and Petrol engines followed. 7. In1800 the industrial revolution brought about the expansion of products that helped the families live a better life and these products went all over the world with all nations gaining from the industrial revolutions, though some people misused the products of the industrial revolution. 8. About 1900, flight, electronics, sea, air and land transport linked all nations. 9. About 1950, Communications, Jet engine, and the transistor brought about a world revolution where now all nations left their superstitions behind and all seek the tangible guaranteed comforts that technology brought about. 10. Other nations contributed in other manners, but the higher level, thinking in new logic which brought comforts to our children in this work, rather than the comforts of religions in the afterlife, can basically be identified as commencing to accelerate with the human mind putting together the harmonious different actions and processes and operations that were introduced in the clock with its diverse combinations. Please mention in the order in which various nations contributed to produce the tangible comforts that most families in all nations enjoy today, and please weigh up the percentage of people at Universities which take up the LOGICAL AND RATIONAL tangible, guaranteed quantitative subjects rather than the EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL , opinions, unguaranteed philosophies and the state of all those nations which did not go through the industrial revolution which started with watchmaking.

[@UmarAli-zc8xs]

All nations have had their share wonderful inventions, the number zero which is the basis of all mathematics was formed in Ancient India by brown people. But Nazis like you tend have a myopic understanding of history which is called cultural hegemony which is described in details by Marxist scholar Antonio Gramsci.

[@alejandroalartiz9451]

I don't understand. Which one it's better than? Flying Tourbillon or Carousel?

[@andihartono92]

for what? precision time? seiko spring drive. but you cant see moving mechanism like this. so, its depend. tourbillion and carousel is the same, which one is more attractive for you?

[@mdkgod43]

So which one is better

[@robertkat]

Who and how made the parts?

[@Sanka1337]

i was wondering, how do you train these days from early on to be a professional watch maker ? to work for Braguet, or Piquet, or Omega, whoever. Do you have a special high school and start very early or you get educated after high school ? What are prerequisites for becoming a watchmaker ? besides steady hands of course :)

[@watchestv-com]

This is an interesting question that we will address soon in a video. Best to you

[@Sanka1337]

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[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks for this!

[@loafywolfy]

well i think that a diploma in mechanical engineering is a must, and surely a lot of experience in autoCAD and watch rapair. and a background in art for those that work with engraving/ enameling/ painting and an extensive knowlege of jewelery. Only thing i have no idea is how does one apply for the job itself.

[@treatb09]

If you arent able to naturally grasp the geometry. Youll most likely just be a repairman. Which its expensive to get in to... but the geometry isnt that difficult to derive. Ive invented a few escapements. N had to teach myself all the way through it

[@canadapainter658]

people are awesome...

[@MrPetrochelly]

Do you use vacuum in the watches to improve the function, or fill it with noble gases at low pressure ( and to avoid the oxygen) ???

[@lange3778]

Спасибо. Угол 53 понял 👍

[@canadapainter658]

jewelry looks and craftsmanship counts vs.exact time....

[@andihartono92]

tourbillion hold record for precision. spring drive : no you're not.

[@paolacorderogarcia]

friends what houses do they sell tourbillone calibers for independent clocks 

[@TheThermalvision]

What watch is at 4:05

[@watchestv-com]

It is the (stunning) HL2 from Hautlence

[@canadapainter658]

nice,,,

[@k.c.lejeune6613]

Forgive my ignorance, but what are the small purple coloured "bearings" that are prevalent in fine watches made of exactly? Some sort of jewel?

[@tundetwasvordemk5345]

K.C LeJeune exactly, synthetic ruby nowadays and natural grown ruby in very old pocket watches. The synthetic ones do have a rather dark color, natural ones are much brighter.

[@cretium805]

What this guy above me said. They provide very low friction and are indeed called 'jewels', because they used to be made out of real rubies before synthetic ones were invented.

[@ghazijim6348]

Ik hp lige 1853gold zwaar ik wal god praic

[@masprassaja3818]

How much the price?

[@neilpiper9889]

Triovis and Etachron not mentioned.?

[@billabilla7927]

what is prise

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool

[@Anon.User.602]

Can someone explain? If the power (from the mainspring) is delivered to the cage (escapement) always at a constant angle, why does it matter if the escapement-cage rotates? The mainspring is upstream of escapement in power transduction, and there will always be a bias in the direction of mainspring's power delivery. Indeed, don't you have to rotate the mainspring to balance the claimed affects of gravity?

[@josephstratti52]

The effect of gravity is on the balance wheel.The balance wheel has a more consistent rate if in one position and perfectly balanced.When a wrist watch is moved through different positions with respect to gravity it’s rate will change because of frictional and momentum differences on its pivot jewels and other moving mechanisms in the watch.just watch a toy hanging from a cars rear view mirror when you change lanes.The toy will act like a pendulum and resist the change in direction of it’s steady state.It is hard to get a mechanical timepiece balanced for every position that it may be forced through .

[@bigvee401]

I want a tourbillon in my grandfather clock

[@raffaelschutzenhofer4222]

Pls the Name of the watch at 1.23

[@yopyjap3116]

Blancpain

[@draccanon]

What’s the cheapest you can get a watch with one of these without it being a garbage investment?

[@Aronsson007]

any tips for me getting into watchmaking?

[@Limou551]

KEEP STUDYING. YOU NEED TO BE AN HOROLOGIST. THEN YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH FINE MECHANIC, YOU NEED TO BE A PRECISON MECHANIC, (IN HERE YOU HAVE TO POSSED KNOWLEDGMENT OF FRICTION, MATERIALS, HEAT TREATMENT, ETC ETC,,,AND A PREDESTINATION TO MECHANICS, YOU SHOULD STUDY A LOT BEFORE YOU START.

[@phillycheesetake]

You need to study horology, and in addition to being mechanically gifted, you need a ferocious work ethic. Good watchmakers make a lot of money not just because their skills are rare, but because they work fucking hard.

[@rerikm]

be rich

[@michaelbrink9996]

Give Producer Michael (Michael Blakey) one

[@sam-jf6cq]

I love these mechanisms, they are things of pure beauty, but they are much too expensive. I'm sure I'll never have the money in my lifetime to ever afford one, and thats sorta sad.

[@watchestv-com]

But don't worry, we are many many in this situation, but we can still appreciate what's done ;) best to you

[@sabar911]

I wish I become a "TOGHBION"

[@watchestv-com]

Haha, that made me laugh ;)

[@naturalherbaloil2796]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@muhammaddanial3227]

Im new in watch area, i want to ask turbillion is made from french but how it is written swiss made? Thanks for your time

[@luxcorvi5396]

Switzerland has 4 spoken regions and languages. This Watches are made in the french speaking region.

[@MrPetrochelly]

I wish to be a watchmaker And make my own gyroswatch.

[@hsquared8869]

What are those purple things I see on a bunch of watches

[@PietroSoft]

Jewels.

[@peterandymedina1513]

Tourbillon costs so much for such a very dinosaur technology.

[@watchestv-com]

+Pete Randy Medina You are right and wrong. Yes the tourbillon is absolutely not a new mechanism and become quite widespread among high-end brands lately. Nevertheless, it remains a sensitive mechanism and the challenge is now to conceive new versions that perform always better, as well as taking the time and investing to decorate their components in the best way.

[@DismalShadow]

+Pete Randy Medina Dude, might I remind you as to how DIFFICULT it is to assemble a tourbillon and carrousel? As "dinosaur" as the technology may be, these mechanisms are assembled BY HAND which is why they cost so much!

[@Limou551]

WELL A LAMBORGHINI IS A DINOSSAUR, YOU USE DINOSSAUR CHAIRS, ETCC... Dont be an arse.. But I agree with 1 thing, mechanic watches dont evoluted so musch as they should. they keep stopping at night, need manutention every 5 years, they dont last a life, etc.. I did write to Jaegaer Lecoultre, to make a lifetime watch , without manutention, do you iknow what they answered me? They ddint gave me an answer. IF they keep selling stupid expensive watches, and have people that buy them, they will not evolute.

[@RalphJacob]

Seeing the beauty of the tourbillon and carousel, I can see why buyers and collectors flock toward them. I especially enjoy how both complications look on skeleton watches. On the topic of skeleton watches, is there any chance you guys will profile the skeletons created by Stefan Kudoke?

[@VCY199]

1:21 what's the point of putting tourbillon and carrousel in the same watch if they do the same thing?

[@silverghost4206]

Well.. Work of art... How you want the watch to look.. Rivers an lakes look the same.. Both have water.. So can a watch.. Its how God made his painting of the world.. Its how the watch maker made his watch..

[@vasaiyanilesh558]

best

[@muchamadsaifurrachman3119]

Iki mesin rotari otomatis hidup terus jamnya

[@thabest007]

Why would you need to stop the cage of a carrousel though? Also what's the point of having two or more tourbillons? I've seen one or two watches in your videos with 4 tourbillons, seems like overkill.

[@watchestv-com]

Kind of power competition; who can come with more gizmo....

[@tynchytemper9618]

Pretty sure that the carrousel is a version of a tourbillon

[@freqeist]

and now you can buy a tourbillion watch from aliex press in China!

[@watchestv-com]

You indeed can, but still a little gap to fill....

[@freqeist]

TheWATCHES.tv true,

[@michelsiqueira6289]

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[@tanthiennguyen9133]

Sorry, ich muss zurück fahren....

[@davidsks159]

Mais pourquoi ne pas le faire en français ? Surtout avec cet accent. Bonne revue quand-même.

[@sonalpatel6119]

NPA : 30

[@isaaclumpkins5637]

2:28 ...

[@splendensregan5270]

It's just a watch for a rich man to show off! Next...

[@PixelWelding]

Sounds jealous

[@vasudharakshit]

9.1.23

[@billabilla7927]

prise

[@pcmasterwraith7676]

yea but most watches or chronographs are not even close to precise like an electric watch.

[@samack3]

That made no sense... thank you :D

[@อุดมเสาร์แก้ว]

Tourbillion แปลเป็นไทยว่า

[@josephstratti52]

ลม วน English whirlwind,French Tourbillon . Turning like a whirlwind

[@Axias2011]

We love them, but don't for a second try to say "are they still useful"? Lol. No, they're not. They are anachronisms we will continue to love is all. Form elevated to art. Practical? lol.

[@youangel367]

1*2*3 MADE IN ALGERIAN...

[@josephstratti52]

Whenever people are not constrained by political or religious fundamentalists and tribalism there is Human progress in all the nations of the world.There is but one Race and amongst Homo Sapiens and that is the Human race,every other description is variation of the one human race by ethnicity or tribe.Can humans breed with other nations and tribes?Then we are all of the same race.Racial profiling is telling a cat from a rat!(just my belief I may be wrong)

[@김인곤-z3e]

모든 뚜루비용 시간정확도를 조금 높이는데는 일조하지만 충격엔 약할수밖에 그닥 실용적인 면에서 별루입니다

[@Limou551]

FOR GOD SAKE, SO MANY SHIT AROUND HERE!!!!! DO A WACTH 100% SELF POWERED. I MEAN WE DONT NEED TO POWER CORD IT, JUST IN CASE OF TIME STOP OF MANY DAYS..

[@bussi7859]

This is just to make idiots pay a lot more for their watches.