"el cheapo" tourbillon

[WatchesWatcher]

That's fun to "watch".

[koollvideos]

Hi, I would like to buy a nice large model like this for educational purposes. Do you know anyone who can build me one. thanks,

[blqkvo]

is that a revorso?

[tristany3]

Anyway, I have received lots of mails about "where to get plans"... well, if you want to enlight yourself with the BEST book ever written about REAL watchmaking just get "Watchmaking" by George Daniels (yes, the guy behind the coaxial escapament), you can't get any better, lots of drawings and tons of knowledge on the text, and great news! it is being reprinted!

[raiyan1991]

thanks mate

[applejak2000]

What would be cool would be if someone were to come up with a SolidWorks (or something similar) model of this - nothing elaborate, just something that gives everybody an understanding of how it works and the virtual model from which to construct a large scale working model (if I had this mechanism I'd do it!) I've seen no large scale working models of this mechanism anywhere on the Web.

[tristany3]

well, it's nothing more than a tourbillon, a fairly simple mechanism, the real challenge is to make it small enough and reliable to put it on a watch... they do little to improve anything at all on a watch and carry lots of issues and drawbacks...

if you look on my photobucket account you can find a couple of bad photos of it...

It would be great if you can build a model, I started myself on ProE but I barely have any time left, I can provide you with some sketches if you need them.

[applejak2000]

@tristany3

Hi, if you can communicate with me via email or something I would like to see some sketches. I have SolidWorks and would like to try to model this mechanism. Simple as it may be, it's fascinating and out of the ordinasry to most people other than watchmakers and horologists. I'm a machinist and it doesn't look terribly simple to me. Not complex but not simple either. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for cool upload.

[dojomojomofo]

@applejak2000 Nice idea... even if it were big and clunky, a Solidworks tourbillion model would be awesome. You could just go to a place like Shapeways and get the parts pretty cheaply if you didn't have a fabricator too.

[celticart]

Which music is this?

[tristany3]

that's from the soundtrack of the "Lord of War" movie.

[arado240dd]

Im doing one in Lego and meccano.

[bidoz]

I'd really like to see it when it's done ;-)

[tristany3]

mee to!

[adalberto1314]

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[n6lghost]

i wu nder watt a toorbillions is

[roundestRock]

What kind of material did you use?  It looks like brass? It's beautiful in any case.

[tristany3]

humble brass and steel, the materials even the cheapest or most expensive watches are made of. LOL

Actually, the "cage" was made by cutting it from another alarm clock...and yes, the plates are brass

[DMBVR4]

I dont know why, but i really enjoy this. Its basic so its gives people an easier concept of how the tourbillon movement works.

[smokingapeproduction]

This is going to be my next construction project.

Awesome.

[rasoros]

very nice, too bad the quality of the video is so poor.

[tristany3]

that's the best my old point and shot still camera can do... sorry about that...

[Ishayau]

Nice.

Now make it 500 times smaller and put it on a watch, and you got the chiness tourbillon.

[philclock]

Nice Idea !

[tristany3]

to make a row of "holes in one" in golf is hard; to make a batch of tourbillon watches is a matter of deep concentration, loads of patience and tons of delicacy.

And that's what "the right stuff" is about in our trade.

[tristany3]

The song is from the movie soundtrack "Lord of War"

Yes, it may look like a chinese tourbillon as like some of those, this may be categorized also as a "flying tourbillon" (no bridge)

tourbillons are not hard to make (I have worked on top-end swiss made ones) they only require the proper set of tools and a (real) watchmaker, and way more time to get it on beat.

[douro20]

The only thing I would be worried about is what makes tourbillons so hard to make properly; balance. If it isn't properly balanced, it won't work properly in the vertical position, where it would help the clock's mean rate.

[douro20]

But anyhow I think it's an excellent way of teaching people how tourbillons work.

[douro20]

I've seen this done before using parts from two different clocks.

[Dutkowski]

May be "El Cheapo" to you but it looks great!

How about posting YOUR VERSION? Sure........

[aflatminor]

wow- a pin pallet tourby!!!!....john...

[asotomayor]

wow!

[kinsif]

nice work

[Cellphonemaster1]

i dont give a shit what people whould say thats a fuckin work of art!

[BlindBoar]

Awesome tourbillon, man! Hey, what's the name of this wonderful song?