On June 26, 1801, Abraham-Louis Breguet earned the rights for a patent for a new type of regulator called the Tourbillon. A system devised to correct errors of rate caused by the gravitational pull in upright positions. The first tourbillon was commercialized by Breguet in 1805.
A milestone moment was the first series of automatic tourbillon wristwatches, presented by Audemars Piguet in 1986.Since then, ingenuity and creativity have pushed the boundaries of watchmaking. Double Tourbillon, Quadruple Tourbillon, Vertical Tourbillon, Gyrotourbillon and others crazy machines…
