The Double Tourbillon 30° Technique is one of the most spectacular watches in Greubel Forsey’s collection – basically, it’s an openworked version of the first watch this relatively young company ever launched, back in 2005. The sapphire-cased version you see here takes the idea of opening up the mechanics of the Double Tourbillon 30° one step further to it’s logical (or illogical, depending on how you look at it) conclusion. The sapphire enclosure makes the entire movement visible – and if there ever was a company for which the movement was the whole point of the watch, it’s Greubel Forsey. The original Double Tourbillon 30° was, in technical terms, an attempt to address the question of whether or not the tourbillon makes any sense in the context of a wristwatch, and thereby hangs a tale.
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