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March 29th, 2009 by Simon Salt

Breguet Watch

The Swiss watchmakers Breguet have introduced the Twin Rotating Tourbillons which features a hand-wound movement with a pair of tourbillon regulators rotating on the hour axis. This stunning watch is a 44mm horological masterpiece in pink gold, with more than 570 hand-assembled components. The two tourbillons work independently from one another and are coupled by means of differential gears, mounted on a rotating centre plate and complete a revolution in 12 hours.

The differential device carries the two tourbillons’ mean rate to the rotating centre plate, resulting in a theoretical degree of precision twice that of a standard watch. The hour is shown by the bridge connecting the tourbillon regulators that doubles as a watch hand, while a standard hand at the centre shows the minutes.