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Desder D001: A New Italian Independent Built Around a Triple-Axis Tourbillon
Desder is a new independent watchmaking house based in Modena, Italy. Its debut reference, the D001, fuses a three-aperture rotating cylinder display with a central triple-axis tourbillon and GMT, all driven by an in-hou…
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The Tourbillon: What It Actually Corrects, and What the Market Pays For Instead
A tourbillon corrects vertical positional error in pocket watches, a problem a wristwatch largely solves by being worn. We explain…
The Tourbillon: Origin, Engineering, and the Watches That Define It
From its 1801 patent to the modern flying, multi-axis and gyroscopic variants, the tourbillon has moved from technical solution to…