The Tourbillon is indeed a beautiful thing, but is it more accurate then a "normal' watch?
Is the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde more accurate then say the Portuguese Automatic?
What is the +- accuracy of the Tourbillon?
Thanks all.
The Tourbillon is indeed a beautiful thing, but is it more accurate then a "normal' watch?
Is the Portuguese Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde more accurate then say the Portuguese Automatic?
What is the +- accuracy of the Tourbillon?
Thanks all.
As far as I am concerned, the tourbillon is not about accuracy, it is about the pinnacle of the watchmakers' art. A navigator's watch in a static case benefited from the tourbillon to counter the effect of gravity on the movement. Once the watch is on the wrist, the tourbillon is redundant. If it's accuracy you are after, you'll not go far wrong with quartz movement.
I have three Cal 5000 watches. Two are 5 years old and would probably benefit from a service. They both gain around 10 seconds a day. They used to be much more accurate. My Portuguese perpetual calendar is about 18 months ago and is running very well. I don't have a tourbillon Portuguese but if I did, I would wager that it too would lose accuracy over several years, despite tourbillon.
Personally I have a few watches that I switch between, and thus a watch will spend a fair bit of time sitting on the bedside table, or in the watch box.
Hence even a wrist watch will spend a fair bit of time stationary.
And my 5001 just got regulated, but even though it's regulated to 5 positions, I find I can make it speed up and slow down depending on what position I put it in.
So in this case a Tourbillon would be more accurate?