What is a "tourbillon" and what is its purpose?

This is a tourbillon. Why was it created and how does it work?
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[@algodoomarbleracing]

That’s a tri-axial tourbillon

[@warlockpaladin2261]

There are two springs! Are they just kicking each other's energy back and forth using the cogs' rotation steps as conduits? 🤨

[@BobBob-nr1zt]

more simple, not more simpler

[@theMerzavets]

@@warlockpaladin2261 the same is in _any_ mechanical watch without pendulum: one spring to power entire mechanism, one for balance wheel. The second spring plays the same role for balance as gravitation for pendulum.

[@modulo3664]

The tourbillon was first theorized by John Arnold, Breguet's close friend, but died before he could actually make one. Breguet gave the first tourbillon to Arnold's son who had apprenticed under Breguet. Breguet had also sent his own son to apprentice under Arnold - they were that tight.

[@user-km6hz8tm7r]

Brilliant piece of information 🎉

[@Benzinilinguine]

He was one in tourbillion

[@zacharieroitner6147]

This is actually a good example of a gyro-tourbillion, would be really cool on my desk (I work at a watch company)

[@oceanbytez847]

you must be banking because holy cow i never realized watches could be sold for 6 figures. The profit margin must be huge!

[@sirgiulianadave8495]

Not necessarily, theres many jobs in big swiss watchmaking companies that will get you only a little above minimum wage. Independant watchmakers have a lot of expenses so margins are not huge.@@oceanbytez847

[@le9038]

You work at a watch company? What do you watch?

[@sorryboss8550]

@@le9038watch do you watch

[@ianshanklin1802]

They watch Mojo@@le9038

[@ConverseMidas]

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[@silvrcel]

Gyro tourbillons weren't invented in 1800-1900 for pocket watches. The single axis tourbillon were invented in that period and were used to average out positional deviations of the balance wheel. You can adjust a watch to be accurate to one orientation but it'll deviate if you put it in a different orientation because of gravity. A tourbillon tries to average out the different deviations so that the watch is more accurate

[@Ollitopay]

I remember reading somewhere that they were made for sailing. The motion of the ocean made it hard to keep time like you said. And I think you’re right about the pocket watch thing, too. Im pretty sure they were for clocks on the wall of a ship.

[@Phethario]

@@Ollitopay Jupp. Called chronometers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronometer_watch

[@terrypussypower]

It’s spelt “tourBILLON” not “….BILLION”. Funnily enough I made that exact same mistake about 15 minutes ago when I first read up about the “tourbillon” in watches! The reason I looked it up at all was because I was curious why “billion” was in that word! I though it was trying to “big up” the watch…like it was really expensive or something! Lol! That shows how ignorant I am of horology.

[@terrypussypower]

@Ollitopay. I’m sure that’s another invention you’re thinking of. I recall seeing a documentary about that subject on the BBC some years back. I think that was something to do with a gyroscopic action, but I could be wrong…

[@silvrcel]

@@terrypussypower You're right, it's tourbillon. No idea why I ended up spelling tourbillion. Maybe some autocorrect suggested that spelling.

[@esotericbear9829]

Things like this AMAZE me. Thinking about how people would design & make these without computers or 3D CAD is astonishing.

[@richardgibson4757]

Naw.try no computers and the knowledge we used to get came from research at the actual library in a sea of books. To get knowledge in the early days was even more difficult because they were riding horses and buggy and library materials was still not available like it was after 1900s

[@CreativeMindstorms]

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[@Hundy_2409]

I truly love mechanical artworks and the harmonious coordination of numerous mechanical details! Thank u for video

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Just grate. Beautiful, informative and fun.

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[@DaddyVet3D]

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[@SparrowHawk183]

Awesome build! But are the STL files available? Or credits to original creator?

[@MrFranklitalien]

such a beautiful print

[@konsul2006]

I could not get why you would make such a complex mechanism. When you told it was to do with gravity and precision, I was amazed. So smart! That watch was crazy too! :)

[@oosmanbeekawoo]

Sometimes people get into complexity for the hell of it! 🤯

[@RoccosStuff]

This is mind blowing. Great work!

[@adamhaziqsalleh]

What a piece for display. Beautiful

[@kristianadi993]

Thank you for explaining how it works

[@ThomasBarone]

I've wanted to know about this for about 10 years now.

[@cripz1436]

That is so cool! At first I was like this reminds me of a watch and as I watched and learned so much more I was right. Great educational video bro ❤

[@aggieraz]

Traditionally, high-end watches use tourbillon to negate the effects of gravity on the pallet fork, balance wheel and hairspring (especially the hairspring).

[@ErdingerLi]

Every time I feel like society is becoming a lil more primitive, I search for clockwork videos like these to remind me of how insanely genius these mechanisms are...

[@watchm4ker]

No, just accustomed to casual miracles. There is an electronic circuit with more components then that entire watch, operating on timings hundred of times as precise, and so small that it could sit happily on the tourbillon’s hairspring, whose entire function is to read the inputs on your keyboard (Or touchscreen, if you’re on a phone.) That’s to say nothing of the feats of international co-orperation, decades of research by thousands of engineers and computer scientists, and the labour of millions to create a wold-wide information network to carry this video, to you, for the cost of a few advertisements. And you consider these feats, unthinkable to humanity at the time of the Tourbillon’s invention, so mundane and trivial you consider humanity to have *regressed.*

[@jessebb193]

If it’s spinning how can it transfer movement to the other gears to move the hands?

[@EduardoNascimbeni]

Awesome, love it!

[@spacecat2902]

watch makers: "it is very difficult to make tourbillon watches. this is why they are very expensive" this guy: "lemme 3D print gyro tourbillon"

[@cldream]

Because it is, at the scale they're doing. You'd need steady hands to work anything on a watch with small gears and/or bearings.

[@yourvenparianen5390]

This would be a nice little fun desk toy to have

[@ruuerian]

Yooo, thats cool looking!!

[@johnnyyuma7337]

I'd like to add that tourbillons while looking fantastic are completely unnecessary in today's mechanical wrist watches as you're constantly moving the escapement (and your wrist) into different positions. If i had the money though I'd buy me a JLC Gyrotourbillon 😅

[@CIS101]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

I love this,I want one.❤️

[@jason300c1]

This helped. Was the information I wanted to know.

[@EhRandomGuy]

Got a link to the STL? If not, credits to the original files?

[@sillylung]

I came to the comments looking for the same thing

[@user-dh8qg8zj3p]

What is the source for a 3D printed one of these that I can buy? Thanks, Scott

[@DaddyVet3D]

Where can we find the STL?

[@waltperko8389]

Y would I subscribe when there isn't a link at the top to download all the .STL files to build one myself?

[@Mruczkowski]

you films are perfect your 3D printer is pro

[@gownerjones1450]

I will print this but modify it with a stepper motor that constantly keeps the spring tensioned, so it can run without human input and makes for a nice desk or shelf sculpture.

[@jansidlo]

Wunderbar!

[@zachw2906]

I am gobsmacked - I thought the tourbillon was just a gimbal cage that let the drive mechanism stay upright no matter what orientation the watch was in (not sure how I thought power was transferred from a free-rotating gimbal cage to a watch). This makes SO much more sense

[@cchavezjr7]

I don't think you're wrong though. There's no room for the mechanism to freely spin in the watches like that. They would have to be extremely thick. Unless the workings have changed for wrist watches today and he's showing an older traditional.

[@johnhenryweber665]

This is incredible. It really makes me want to invest in a 3d printer.

[@dallinhunter7385]

do it, it's totally worth it

[@unknownfile5803]

Hi mate I saw many of your vids can you make that and convert to electricity?

[@Copium88]

This is so cool

[@diotherokfh]

thank you!

[@NoMoneyHubby]

Where can I buy one of these pre-printed..... love to have one of these on my computer desk

[@mistadopeman]

Pretty cool video.

[@cjmarsh504]

I love to have one of those on my desk

[@lordgimpsbury2515]

When he said the price of the tourbillon watch I was like "400? I might just save up and- THOUSAND??? Nevermind that!"

[@cem_kaya]

where can i find the stl ?

[@eaglechawks3933]

Seems like this would have been a good invention for making a more accurate ships chronometer.

[@reusablemussel1]

Do you have an STL?

[@PackthatcameBack]

You should make one that's the newest, 3D version of the tourbillon. If you haven't heard of it I recommend to look it up; if you thought a normal tourbillon was cool, that thing will blow your mind.

[@arturjogi2667]

3D prints a quartz crystal

[@AldoCugnini]

Where do I get one (the plastic version)?

[@abdulrahmanbolboshoot5841]

Is there files available to 3d print this

[@LarryPanozzo]

I wonder how much better it keeps time

[@nilsvids]

"You can get it for about 4 hundred" me: *hey I might get one* "THOUSAND dollars" *oh.*

[@SurajSinghTomarArya]

They are available for under $300 from Chinese brands.

[@christophegallis186]

Hi, great model, how can we get a 3D model ? Thanks

[@HugoSanchez-gv1bs]

Me podrías compartir el archivo pará imprimirlo o cómo lo puedo imprimir ? Gracias

[@Dottar2765]

Where can I get the model for this?

[@lofdz]

Where can I get the printable 3D file for this design?

[@jerebrock19987]

3D print? Love the lego vibe

[@lataty9190]

Where to buy please 🙏

[@EdKolis]

I'm surprised that Micro Center would sponsor a KZbin video, given that they don't exactly have stores everywhere like some companies do. But I'm lucky enough to have one nearby and they're great!

[@Nevir202]

They sponsor a LOT of YT vids. Probably worthwhile for them, because they also have an online store, so it helps to grow both their web and physical sales.

[@EdKolis]

@@Nevir202 Oh, didn't realize they had an online store now!

[@itemushmush]

amazing. ASMR from all of the clicking!

[@itemushmush]

also how on earth do they get the gears so small in the $400k watch?! intricate

[@bluesquid7153]

Where can i get this model?

[@planethedgehog2427]

I think that it'd be neat to make that contraption with a mount to hold a cheap mechanical watch as a place to keep the watch when not on the owner's wrist, so that it keeps better time, reducing the inaccuracies to just the daytime when the owner is wearing it. Also, I'd like to see a 3D printed "Curta," a mechanical calculator.

[@blazingjohnny9577]

Where can I download this model

[@benjaminperkins9165]

There’s also some basic, fairly decent Chinese tourbillon watches available now for around $400

[@CalvinsWorldNews]

Although the build quality is such that that a non-tourbillon watch would be far more accurate To be fair, most of the tourbillon watches also come with materials+brand that justify the price. When I was bought the wife's wedding ring (at Cartier) after I paid I asked to try on their £120k watch for a minute and it honestly was impressive. I could imagine wearing that thing and asking anyone for anything, I can honestly see why top businessmen get in on the expensive watch thing, it just fills you with the idea that you own a room. (I didn't get it, although I do have an expensive Breitling)

[@michaelpcoffee]

I've seen the intended purpose: I've never seen if it actually makes watches more accurate.

[@lephtovermeet]

Files pls...

[@paulromsky9527]

Did they use these on ships that required them to maintain accuracy from Greenwich time as they sailed east or west to determine longitude. Latitude was found by measuring the angle of star Polaris.

[@thamiordragonheart8682]

These aren't precise enough to keep absolute time for a many-week or month-long sea voyage and get a good longitude measurement. If you really want to learn about the clocks the British used to solve longitude, Drachinfel has a great video about the longitude problem, the shocking precision of the clocks that were used, and some of the crazy alternative ideas that were floated.

[@paulromsky9527]

@@thamiordragonheart8682 Thanks for the info, I will check out the link.

[@ThoughtFission]

Great video. Some more detail would have been good.

[@Sillybill9]

Can I buy one?

[@jonsmith864]

You need to put watch, and tourbillon in the title and the video may blow up towards people who love watches and that type of movement

[@jhandal311]

Do you sell these ?

[@TellURide447]

Jacob and Co took some notes from this 3d print

[@typerightseesight]

How much does this cost for the materials.

[@porscheoscar]

how much would it cost to sell this? I would have this running on my desk all day. So cool. And about the only Tourbi I'll ever afford or spend money on.

[@Mizai]

thanks

[@jimjmcdonnell62]

How does the power get transferred to the watch hands? 🤔

[@JavierBonillaC]

What was the purpose of building this complex mechanism question mark

[@nathangamble125]

He's a Swedish dwarf in Overwatch. His purpose is to build turrets.

[@serhatkochisarli8146]

Where can i download the stl files

[@olafmarzocchi6194]

Link to the project? I think I saw it online in the past but I cannot find it anymore. The video description provides nothing.

[@jakemeyer8188]

I don't speak French, but to my ears your pronunciation of "tourbillon" sounds pretty fantastic, and I'm grateful for the lesson on how to actually pronounce it...because I keep having to correct myself after accidently saying, "tor-billion"...

[@asialsky]

I double L in French is a long E in English. French is a bit odd.

[@thatoneguy8064]

it's kinda cringe and exaggerated, so don't follow him too closely

[@denver2ter]

@@asialskypas du tout

[@robertsteel3563]

How long was that intro footage exactly? like not being sped up by 4x? *EDIT:* the part where you were winding it.

[@3DPrinterAcademy]

About 30 seconds real time (winding it up)

[@robertsteel3563]

@@3DPrinterAcademy makes sense why yo sped it up then lol

[@YolandaPlayne]

I bet it's made to keep time in a watch by averaging out forces from moving around.

[@secf222]

Nice.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

Bruh, where did you find this 3D model? I want to print that shit

[@Sandman.68.]

Ahhh the new Jacob & Co. So elegant, refined and yet strong . You need a 2 foot square fishtank to put it in 😂😂

[@egehandorum7128]

Excellent! Is it possible to have its 3D model so we can print too?

[@autodidact537]

Looks like a 'whirlwind' to me!

[@matthewayers1221]

Maybe mix paint 🎨 or blood work lab machines where it shakes the blood 🩸?

[@WDMurphy]

Sotha Sil I call apon you to come and answer my prayers. I would love to have this made in bronze. AWsome 3D print. LOL yeah definitely not spending that much on a watch.

[@dompretcloud2]

I want one of those plastic ones

[@jesusAntonioBustamanteAraujo]

Atom link file?

[@mcsquared5005]

I'm a watch guy , I would love to have one of these to explain a gyro tourbillion to my nephew

[@mcsquared5005]

Nevermind I commented too early

[@AldoCugnini]

The verbal description is a little off... The reason you need the tourbillion is not to offset the force of gravity, but rather, to offset the effect of changing the physical position of the watch throughout the day, as it is differentially affected by gravity.

[@GlaGlaGlaTRIP]

nice !

[@joshuawebb7091]

So if you have a cnc or laser cutter you could scale down the 3d print models, assemble and make a $500k watch at home since linking this to the hands of the watch itself would just be a manner of setting up gear reduction sizes so it moves at the right rates on each hand. Quite fidly and fine in the nature of the work outside of using it for wall clocks but if you could even get a return a fraction of the $500k pricemark such pieces go for you could start a business marketed toward exclusivity and elite product lines.

[@lucasljs1545]

That model have this price more because of material. You can buy normal ones for 3 or 5k. The normal range for these good watches

[@donaldshannon3764]

I believe it was originally made for chronographs to cancel out the effects of gravity and position of the chronograph thus improving accuracy.

[@maitai1180]

STL files?

[@hey_how_are_ya]

Would a resign printer be better for printing out these parts to have a smaller tolerance between the gear teeth?

[@miketilley]

The "hair spring" is springy because of the type of plastic used in this example. Resin might be too brittle for that piece. Worth a try though don't you think?

[@AdamKnappdoesthings]

⁠@@miketilleyprint the gears with resin, the spring with abs!