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Watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre in 2004 adapted to the specifics of the tourbillon wristwatches which can be easily evaluated by historians watchmaking on a par with the invention of the tourbillon Louis Breguet. Jaeger-LeCoultre created a spherical tourbillon, which is in contrast to the classical revolves around two axes at once, allowing the regulatory mechanism to take countless different positions and gravity of error is really equal. Because it was developed by Breguet complication more important it is to watch the time - pocket, and most of the day they are in an upright position. Wrist-watches is never for long are not in the same plane, so the classic tourbillon for them almost useless. Traditional tourbillons have good looks, but the quality of the them is low. They are designed more to please the eye of the owner, but do not count the time accurately.
Jaeger-LeCoultre set out to make them really went tourbillons more accurate than the most accurate clock without the tourbillon. Therefore, in their model Gyrotourbillon company Jaeger-LeCoultre has increased the frequency of rotation of the tourbillon and also the frequency vph balance, and the special architecture of the spherical tourbillon allowed for the first time in the world to use a cylindrical hairspring. Hours Gyrotourbillon called by analogy with the usual scheme of the suspension of gyroscopes. And if a human being, then the system operates as follows: a large outer minute carriage, but inside it at an angle of 90 degrees and a speed of 1 revolution per 18 seconds, rotate the small carriage within which the node balance-spiral. Their cross-rotation compensates for any positional accuracy of watches at different times twice as effective.
Watches Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon 1:
Ref. 6026408
Platinum casing diameter 43 mm.
Water-resistant to 50 meters.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, month, range, the cycle of leap years, the equation of time.
Automatic caliber 177, a power reserve of 192 hours.
Alligator strap.
Accuracy of the model Gyrotourbillon is only from 0 to 1 second per day. However, the company continues to work towards the minimization of half a second before. But now a combination of the spherical tourbillon with a cylindrical hairspring looked modern watch industry to a whole new level.
In addition, the spherical tourbillon biaxial not only able to improve precision, but also to withstand very severe shocks of life, because it is equipped with integral six shockproof systems: a pair for each of the carriages, and two more to protect the balance wheel.
However, creating a series of clock Gyrotourbillon, Jaeger-LeCoultre company hoped not only to make such a controversial complication is finally functional and useful, but also to present the most elegant, especially since the first hours Gyrotourbillon criticized for the low level of finish. Therefore, in Gyrotourbillon 2 masters tried to combine technological advances and a great level of processing all the details. Role in the watch dial is very mechanism, and its different sectors, showing certain data, visually separated by different types of finishes. This level of mastery has been achieved by almost 10-year-old investment Jaeger-LeCoultre to the development of methods for finishing the movement. In the process of finishing a mechanism for Jaeger-LeCoultre uses several different materials and decorative motifs. This technique became part of the corporate style. Components that make up two separate transmission mechanism - one for the time, the other for the chronograph - have been specially decorated differently.
Watches Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2:
Ref. 233 64 20
Platinum tipping case size 55x36 mm. Because of the unusually large volume of the spherical tourbillon watches had to be made for new case Reverso increased thickness 15.8 mm.
Water-resistant up to 30 meters.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, time of day indicator, power reserve indication.
Automatic JLC 174, frequency 28 800 vph per hour, power reserve of 50 hours, platinum, and bridges of the movement are decorated by hand.
Alligator strap.
Limited edition of 75 copies. |
