{"id":25774,"date":"2021-03-18T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T06:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/the-girard-perregaux-tri-axial-tourbillon-is-a-stunner\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:53:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T06:53:04","slug":"defying-gravity3-girard-perregaux-tri-axial-tourbillon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/defying-gravity3-girard-perregaux-tri-axial-tourbillon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillon is a stunner"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s inaccurate to include a novelty such as the Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillon <\/strong>among the many unveiled at <\/span>Baselworld 2014<\/strong><\/span>, if you were just to scroll down to the letter G on the list. Baselworld 2014<\/strong> was indeed the occasion to see this timepiece up close, if we could describe it merely as such, and it has a place in the sitting room of haute horologerie. <\/span><\/p>\n

Connoisseurs, when reading the word \u201cTourbillon\u201d<\/em> in a model\u2019s name, already know they are looking at one of the most prestigious technical complications in high-end watchmaking. To those people who are, instead, just now approaching the world of fine watchmaking, <\/span><\/p>\n

I can say that the word \u201cTourbillon\u201d<\/em> is a synonym for one of the greatest achievements in the history of watchmaking and maybe for the most famous watchmaker ever: Abraham Louis Breguet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Girard-Perregaux<\/p>\n

Girard-Perregaux<\/strong>, which was founded back in 1791<\/strong>, has been among the very first manufactures to adopt and develop this complication patented in 1801. It consists of encasing the entire regulating system of a mechanical timepiece in a tiny cage: balance wheel-anchor-escapement-seconds\u2019 wheel. Its aim is to reduce the negative effect that gravitational force has on a watch\u2019s accuracy, which truly represents one of the biggest challenges in watchmaking. <\/span><\/p>\n

Still today the tourbillon represents one of watch enthusiasts\u2019 most appreciated complications the world over, and a challenging ground for manufacturers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Girard-Perregaux<\/p>\n

The \u201ceasiest\u201d way to make a tourbillon is by creating a \u201cone-minute\u201d tourbillon: a single cage rotates along a single axis, making a 360 rotations in just one minute. Girard-Perregaux<\/strong> already has many tourbillons in its product portfolio (including a Bi-Axial Tourbillon). It is therefore obvious that if, by launching the Constant Escapement LM, the maison has paved the road for future watchmaking (with an award), with the Tri<\/strong>\u2013Axial<\/strong> Tourbillon<\/strong>, instead, it was willing to prove its expertise in traditional high-end watchmaking. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most amazing moments at Baselworld 2014 was when I learned all the steps from the concept phase to the making of this masterpiece from Stefano<\/strong> and Massimo Macaluso<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n