Latest Tourbillon Test Rendering...

[Deacon]

Latest test rendering of central Flying Tourbillon from current watch viz project. All components drawn in Inventor Pro 2013.



Paul

[Speedster]

Beautiful as always!  This project is a joy to "watch" unfold.  But, maybe the edge fillets are just a bit too large?  Not sure how you would manufacture the edge fillets as shown, and they make the parts look a little bit like plastic.  Maybe .001" or so instead, especially on the 'scape wheel?
Bill G

[Deacon]

Thanks Bill, much appreciated. The fillets actually match those on the watch itself. The fillets on the escapement wheel are .001mm. They are not produced during the manufacturing process but are added by very skilled hands during the part finishing stage prior to assembly. The watchmakers generally use a selection of hardwood shapers to burnish the edges and apply the fillets, incredibly painstaking work to get them consistent. To give you some idea of the size of the assembly, it's overall outside diameter is 17.8 mm or roughly the size of a US dime, much smaller than the impression you get from the rendering.

Paul

[feher]

What a beautiful image !!!!!
This is one of those images the longer you look at it the more impressive it gets.
It's keeper
Tim

[Speedster]

Wow!  I had no idea it was so small!  I was thinking Mercer or George Daniels.  Good job!
Bill G

[Deacon]

Thank you for the comment Tim, much appreciated.

Bill, it's actually considered to be the largest tourbillon in any current "production"watch. It's a "flying tourbillon"which means it's supported only at the bottom appearing in the center of the watch, above the face, not by the usual multi-point mount, such as with a top skeleton bridge which allows for smaller mechanisms. These watches are entirely hand-made, which is reflected in the price at approximately $192,000.00, not nearly as expensive as the Daniels'watches though, but then those were mainly one-off pieces.

Paul