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Tom,
I personally view these contraptiions as little more than sales gimmicks. If these complicated mechanisms get out of adjustment they have to be sent back to the factory where their teams of engineers and watchmakers take months to get them working again. In my opinion the only actual major improvement in a mechanical watch mechanism was the George Daniels escapement design. His mechanism was able to keep more accurate time than an electronic quartz crystal watch. The initial concept of a Tourbilon movement was to counteract the effect of gravity on a pocket watch. When people began to wear wrist watches the watches were no longer held in one position therfore the gravational compensation provided by the Torbilion movement was no longer necessary.
david