JAEGER-LE-COULTRE - Duometre a Spherotourbillon
Jaeger-LeCoultre continues to be one of my favorite watchmakers. Form and function coalesce to produce the most striking timepieces. Take for example the gorgeous Spherotourbillon. Most tourbillons, many agree, aren't practical in a wristwatch. Its standard design coupled with the position in which a wristwatch is worn combine to produce a watch, that while technically brilliant, does little in the realm of improved accuracy.
In the past decade several watchmakers, including Greubel Forsey, Jaeger LeCoultre, and Zenith have tried to solve this issue by creating innovative multi-axis tourbillons that provide superb accuracy no matter the position in which they are worn.
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Jaeger LeCoultre's Gyrotourbillon 2 is one of my favorite timepieces of all time. Not just for being drop-dead gorgeous, but for having a truly useful tourbillon.
The Spherotourbillon from the Duometre collection (which feature two separate mechanisms) is Jaeger's latest attempt at combining form and function in an elegant timepiece.
A pusher located at 2, when activated in conjunction with a pulled-out crown, provides a reset for the seconds hand with no loss of precision. This innovation produces a tourbillon like no other. The tourbillon itself is inclined at 20 degrees and spins on two axes - one rotates every 15 seconds, the other every 30 seconds.
Another masterpiece from JLC. Not as awesome as the Gyro 2, but still very special.
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