I hope this will fall within the Time-Nuts interested. I recently spend some
time with a neighbor who does ornamental machining and cutting of gems. We got
into a discussion of time as an art form. He was telling me about a gentleman
in South Centeral Colorado that makes his living making a few Tourbillon
watches a year. I personally still think TVB's watch on the Leapsecond site is
the most attractive I have seen. But before electronics, watches suffered from
the effects of gravity. I guess they still do. These effects are reduced by
placing the movement in what is basically a rotating cage(Tourbillon Movement).
If you are not familiar with these do a search. They are very cool. My friend
is no slouch building clocks himself, he has been asked to make a Cartier
Mystery Clock. They are also worth a search. Apparently every few years Cartier
commissions a jeweler to build his vision of the Mystery Clock to promote
Cartier at international gem shows.
Thomas Knox
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