BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Over 200 years ago Abraham-Louis Breguet put his first tourbillon into a watch, improving the accuracy of pocket watches and solidifying the prowess of the house of Breguet. It’s perhaps not the most famous development in watches in the grand scheme of things, but the tourbillon is still in use today mostly as an interesting addition to a watch. Some watchmakers have improved the tourbillon’s design by adding more axes to it. Others (including Breguet) have used futuristic […]
