Watches make our head spin, and none more than tourbillon watches. The debate over whether tourbillons are useful is sure to rage on, but one thing is for sure: They add beautiful motion to the dial and give us a better sense that our horological companion is ticking to life’s beat. Here are the best tourbillon watches we’ve since thus far.
1 Richard Mille RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur
Usually on full display through skeletonized dials and movements, the technical features of the new RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur are this time hidden by a magnolia flower at 7 o’clock. But every five minutes, the five delicate hand-decorated petals of the magnolia bloom to reveal a flying tourbillon with its gemstone-set bud. Made of gold, this modern automaton combines beauty and motion for a stunning effect. For a closer look at this year’s design, please click here
2 Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges: 70th Anniversary Edition
At Baselworld 2015 Girard-Perregaux presented the Vintage 1945 collection, a set of watches that celebrates the brand’s own glory days. The Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges: 70th Anniversary Edition is a beautiful homage to the brand’s acclaimed 1945 three bridge tourbillon. The Art Deco lines are back, while its white gold case and pink gold bridges keep it a classic. For a closer look at this year’s design, please click
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3 H. Moser & Cie. Venturer Tourbillon Dual Time Sapphire Skeleton
An immediately striking feature of H. Moser & Cie’s latest timepiece is its case, which was created entirely out of sapphire crystal. The transparency of the case and dial highlights the piece’s sensual curves and grants the wearer an unfettered view of the HMC 803 calibre, and also makes the perfect visual showcase for its tourbillon allowing the traditional watch complication to shine in a whole new way. For a closer look at this year’s design, please click here
4 Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon
Roger Dubuis already has a skeleton flying tourbillon in their collection but the Excalibur Spider Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon doubled the fun with two operating in a mesmerizing display on the bottom half of the watch, while also contributing to the precision of the timekeeping. Always looking to innovate, Roger Dubuis can claim the title of first to put two flying tourbillons in a skeleton watch. For a closer look at this year’s design, please click here
5 Greubel Forsey GMT Black
Greubel Forsey’s new watch once again features the GF05 movement with 24 second tourbillon inclined at a 25 degree angle, GMT function, three-dimensional globe for day/night indication, rotating disc with 24 different time zones at the back – with daylight savings indication – and 72 hour power reserve. It’s complicated and we loved it for that! For a closer look at this year’s design, please click here
