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The Double Tourbillon 30º by Greubel Forsey : on the frontiers of art

January 2008



Inventing new watch mechanisms and creating genuinely original concepts by exploring new fields of knowledge: such is the vocation of Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey. From their workshop-laboratory operating since 1999 in the Ancien Manège of La Chaux-de-Fonds, they practice a watchmaking art entirely devoted to research, discovery and experimentation with new ideas, in harmony with the purest traditions. The attention of each engineer, technician and watchmaker is entirely directed towards the quest for progress and perfection. The Double Tourbillon 30° is currently crafted in white or red gold, as well as platinum, with a choice of gold dials. A few personal variations have also been made at the request of certain collectors. The Double Tourbillon 30° has become a reference in the field of contemporary Tourbillon models. Its mechanism is protected by several international patents, guaranteeing it a great future and peerless exclusivity.

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18 carat red or white gold, or platinum case (43.5 x 15.76) equipped with a hand-winding Calibre GF 02 Movement, with double tourbillon 30°: exterior tourbillon rotating cycle of 4 minutes, interior tourbillon rotating cycle of 1 minute. 72-hour power reserve indicator, rapid rotating twin barrels (1 turn in 3.2 hours) one of which is equipped with a slipping spring so as to avoid excess tension, free sprung balance wheel with white gold mean-time screws (10mm diameter), 21,600 v.p.h., frosted nickel silver bridges, finished in ‘jade gold’. Hours and minutes indications, small seconds and rotating cycle of 1 minute on subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock, indicator of exterior tourbillon rotation cycle of 4 minutes at 6 o’clock, sectorial power reserve indicator decentred at 3 o’clock, convex sapphire crystal front and back, black or brown alligator strap with folding clasp, water-resistant to 30 metres.


GreubelForsey

GreubelForsey

GreubelForsey


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Source: Europa Star April-May 2007 Magazine Issue