POSTS BY Jack Forster

Go to any purveyor of luxury timepieces, scan the displays and you’ll see them –tourbillon wristwatches, which can often be spotted by the presence of an opening in the dial that shows a complicated rotating mechanism. If you’re passionate about the romance of mechanics, it’ll be love at first sight, though you may find the cost daunting. The tourbillon is one of watchmaking’s most costly complications, and depending on various factors (including what other complications it’s combined with) the price of consummating your love can easily run into six figures. What is it, then, this magical little rotating device that READ MORE