PRECISION INSTRUMENT

GREUBEL FORSEY GIVES A NOD THIS YEAR TO THOSE WHO PREFER A LITTLE DISCRETION, WITH THE TOURBILLON 24 SECONDS VISION. ITS WELL-KNOWN 25-DEGREE-INCLINED TOURBILLON, WHICH THE MANUFACTURE SAYS IS THE OPTIMUM ANGLE TO AVERAGE OUT POSITIONAL VARIANCES ON A WRISTWATCH, MAKES ONE REVOLUTION EVERY 24 SECONDS AND IS ONLY SLIGHTLY VISIBLE DIAL-SIDE THROUGH AN APERTURE. THE CASE IS TRADITIONALLY ROUND, BUT THE TOURBILLON STILL REQUIRES SOME MORE SPACE WITHIN; A DOME HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SAPPHIRE DISPLAY BACK, WHICH ALLOWS A FULL VIEW OF THE TOURBILLON, NEXT TO THE POWER RESERVE INDICATOR. IT’S ACTUALLY VERY COMFORTABLE AND HARDLY NOTICEABLE WHEN WORN. GREUBEL FORSEY’S INSISTENCE ON ABSOLUTE PERFECTION WITH THE FINISHING IS HIGHLY VISIBLE THROUGHOUT, SUCH AS ON THE MIRROR FINISH ON THE TOURBILLON BRIDGE, THE HAND-FINISHED BLUED STEEL HANDS, AND THE ENAMELLED INDICES ON THE DIAL.