723K views · 9.2K reactions | A tourbillon (French for "whirlwind") is a centuries-old mechanism built inside some of the world's most expensive watches. It was originally designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches by rotating the escapement and balance wheel to help counter the effects of gravity. | Insider Tech | Facebook

2.8M views · 31K reactions | A masterpiece in the making  IWC watchmaker Sabrina Herzog assembles the Portugieser Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph, uniting a flying minute tourbillon, retrograde date display, and flyback chronograph on an Obsidian black dial. Limited to 100 pieces.  IW394009  watches.iwc.com/20d982 #IWCwatches | #IWCportugieser | IWC Schaffhausen | Facebook

🔦 The $460,000 Purnell Escape II with luminous triple axis tourbillon cages. The world’s fastest triple axis tourbillons - also referred to as “Double Spherion” #DailyWatch | DailyWatch

Two triple-axis tourbillons positioned side-by-side in the center of the dial presents a striking mechanical and visual effect. Most tourbillons are either placed at the 12 or 6 o'clock position. It’s unprecedented to place two triple-axis tourbillons in the center of the watch. The twin complications turn simultaneously at 60 seconds for the first axis, and two minutes for the second and third axis. Two triple-axis tourbillons positioned side-by-side in the center of the dial presents a strikin