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"A Rare Mixture of Art, Science & Mechanics" - Greubel Forsey Film

2008-03-17 01:06:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des

...Greubel Forsey The whole idea was not to accept that everything has already been invented in watchmaking. We do have our page in the history of watchmaking to write Robert Greubel Video--> Link Or download the higher quality version here--> Greubel Forsey film (70MB When you see the video, you'll have a better understanding why about...

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First Hand Experience with Greubel Forsey's Invention Piece No. 1

2008-01-22 18:00:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des

...Greubel Forsey Invention Piece No. 1. (originally featured here-> link ) He shares his experience and photos of this limited edition double tourbillon on Timezone--> Link (one of only 22 made Close-up of tourbillon-orbiting indicators The value? Let's just say that for the same price, you could buy a house or the Invention Piece No. 1 ...

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A Round-Up of Three Dimensional Tourbillons

2008-09-01 16:29:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des

...Greubel Forsey ; Panerai s misplaced new entry to the world of manufacture movements, P.2005; the similar tumbling cage mechanism at the heart of HD3s Vulcania ; Girard-Perregaux s huge SIHH 2008 launch, the imaginatively titled Bi-Axial Tourbillon My quasi-OCD tendencies are nagging at me to complete the list, but thats no fun. As James...

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"Minute Man" by David Colman for The New York Times

2008-09-10 10:55:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des

...Greubel Forsey makes, among others, a remarkable Quadruple Tourbillon that resembles a modern version of the Antikythera Mechanism , the ancient clocklike device recovered more than a century ago from an ancient Mediterranean shipwreck. Using X-ray tomography that allows them to peer through the centuries of corrosion and buildup, scientists...

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