tourbillon
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Vinony's link graph records 70 inbound references to tourbillon, and connects out to Jaeger-LeCoultre, Donald Trump and Hong Kong.
Vinony files it under French inventions, Horology and Swiss inventions.
Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- complication
- Subclass of
- mechanism
- Part of
- escapement
- Image
- Tourbillon.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tourbillons
- discoverer or inventor
- Abraham-Louis Breguet
- publication date
- 1801-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Types of tourbillon
- Single axis tourbillon
- Double-axis tourbillon
- Double and quadruple tourbillons
- Triple-axis tourbillon
- Flying tourbillon
- Gyro tourbillon
- Modern tourbillon watches
- Improved affordability
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|280px|Tourbillon movement (:File:Stuhrling Tourbillon Movement.ogv|high resolution)
In horology, a tourbillion () or tourbillon (; "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived by the British watchmaker and inventor John Arnold, it was developed by his friend the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and patented by Breguet on 26 June 1801. In a tourbillon, the escapement and balance wheel are mounted in a rotating cage, with the goal of eliminating errors of poise in the balance giving a uniform weight.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tourbillon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.