I thought Audemars Piguet was the first as well

Hi TonyP,

I'm curious as well regarding the first self-winding tourbillon movement in a wristwatch. Can you please let us know which GG watch this was and the time it was released?
According to my reference materials I think that Audemars Piguet made the world's first (and thinnest and smallest!) self-winding production wristwatch with tourbillon in 1986. I was lucky enough to handle one of these about 2 years ago at ThePuristS Audemars Piguet event back in 2007 in Newport Beach during the special presentation of the Robb Report 3 complicated watches.

I would love to learn more if anyone has further information.

Here's a picture from my Audemars Piguet book written by Martin K. Wehrli, Gisbert L. Brunner, and Christian Pfeiffer-Belli.

Regards,
ED-209
This message has been edited by ED209 on 2010-03-15 18:18:41

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Requiem for a dream - Repost (2024)

By: tony p : November 5th, 2024-21:47

With the recent demise of Gérald Genta and Daniel Roth as independent brands (having been subsumed into Bulgari's product range as "collections"), and the imminent launch of Baselworld 2010, I thought this might be an opportune moment to review the final ...

The continuation of the GG/DR collection under Bulgari

By: ED209 : March 13th, 2010-23:30

Hi Tony, Thank you for a pictorial review of last year's Baselworld pieces for Gerald Genta and Daniel Roth. If you were to choose only one from each collection, which one would you see as the representative watch from each brand to continue under the new...

Not so sure about the Endurer.

By: tony p : March 14th, 2010-00:22

I would regard the Athys Perpetual as a more appropriate selection for a "one-off" DR watch, as it features the classic case style of the brand. The Endurer was a departure for them, and actually I was not all that partial to it. I really am concerned abo...

New GG and DR designs by old management?

By: MTF : March 14th, 2010-03:24

TonyP, Like you, I'm also interested to see what Baselworld 2010 brings to all the Bulgari lines. You postulated: "Quite frankly I don't think the new Quadri-Retro's dial design came from the pens of the GG team, and I don't think such a watch would have ...

Good points, Melvyn.

By: tony p : March 14th, 2010-07:18

You could well be right that this design was in the works long before the "handover" occurred. Or the handover could have been in the works long before we knew about it. In which case, perhaps a new direction in dial design was mooted to coincide with a p...

re: Requiem for a dream...

By: DRMW : March 14th, 2010-00:25

Hello Tony, Thanks for the photos from the past, looking forward to seeing the 2010 line from Bulgari. -MW

Thanks for your excellent pics Tony!

By: Geo : March 15th, 2010-02:04

Original Tourbillon?

By: aaronm : March 15th, 2010-10:44

You mentioned "GG were the first company to release a self-winding tourbillon movement in a wristwatch ". Do you know which watch this was and when? I had been under the impression that the AP was the first self-winding Tourbillon wristwatch A

Hi Aaron, unfortunately...

By: tony p : March 15th, 2010-18:09

...I don't know which GG watch it was. My information is based on a Press Release from GG's Baselworld 2009 Press Kit CD, in which the following statement appears: " In addition to perpetual calendars and repeater devices, Gérald Genta also introduced the...

I'll check with my sources at Bulgari

By: ED209 : March 15th, 2010-18:22

Hi TonyP, I agree with you and aaronm, I thought AP cal 2870 (watch pictured below in my response) was the first self winding tourbillon. I'm really curious about this now, and will check with my sources at Bulgari Collection Gerald Genta for clarificatio...

I thought Audemars Piguet was the first as well

By: ED209 : March 15th, 2010-18:17