Most Expensive Men’s Tourbillion Watches
Tourbillon was invented and introduced in the late 1700s by the Swiss watchmaker Arabraham-Louis Breguet, who noticed that his pocket watches were not keeping time accurately. As he later learned, the mechanisms within his pocket watch were effected by the force of gravity. From this, he developed a method to counter the gravitational pull and called this new mechanism tourbillon, which means “whirlwind” in French. Since then the tourbillon mechanism has become extremely popular, particularly in the most expensive watches. Find a vintage watch with this mechanism and you’ve found yourself an excellent investment, as they are quite rare. As watchmaking improved, so did the movements – so although the tourbillon mechanism is no longer necessary, it has become somewhat of a status symbol and is included more as a showpiece as a necessary element. Generally, you can see if a watch has a tourbillon because they are almost always showing through the face. They look like intricate mechan...