dxboon[Elite User]
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Very intriguing, even if I'm not a space nut.
I like its unusual built in loupe! Nice little Vostok detail on the tourbillon cage too.
Thanks for the great pictures, Don!
Cheers,
Daos
yes and no...
By: DonCorson : April 12th, 2011-08:37
The tourbillon is actually built as a flying tourbillon, the pictures of the cage were taken of a tourbillon that was working as I took the pictures. As you see it is flying. In the watch, however, there is an upper bearing which is technically not necess...
Flying or not
By: Uhrenkarl : April 12th, 2011-12:45
It is a flying one. The big bridge is a part of the whole design remembering the GAGARIN monument. The function in the watch is somewhat like a shockabsorber not a bridge keeping the tourbillon (You would see the pin and an incablocksystem) regards Uhrenk...