MANUFACTURE INVERTED TOURBILLONS MOVEMENTS
The tourbillon is a high complication that mitigates the adverse influence of gravity on the regulating organ. The mechanism involves placing the escapement and regulating organ in a revolving cage eliminating any positional errors as it rotates. Typically the tourbillon cage rotates 360° every minute. Moreover, the tourbillon’s rotational behaviour imbues the dial with an eye-catching dose of animation.
Perpetuating the Maison’s patented modular design, the TSE (Tourbillon Schwarz Etienne) calibre again measures 30.4mm. Unusually, Schwarz Etienne makes two forms of tourbillon.
TSE 121.00
TSE 122.00
TSE 121.00
| Type | inverted Manufacture tourbillon automatic movement with micro-rotor |
|---|---|
| Functions | hours, minutes |
| Technical characteristics | flying tourbillon at 1 o’clock, micro-rotor at 9 o’clock |
| Diameter | 30.40 mm (13 ¼’’’) |
| Thickness | 6.35 mm |
| Diameter of casing | 30.00 mm |
| Decoration | Main plate – sandblasted (fine), Wheels: circular grained, Complication bridges: hand bevelled, satin finished, Steel components : satin finished with sunray decoration, Tourbillon cage : circular grained, Micro-rotor : hand bevelled and micro-blasted, Screws : polished |
| Bridges | hand bevelled, micro-blasted (fine) |
| Frequency | 3 Hz (21’600 Alt/h) |
| Balance wheel | balance wheel with fixed inertia, produced in-house |
| Hairspring | hairspring with flat Philips terminal curve, produced by E20 |
| Power reserve | 70 hours |
| Components | 219 |
| Jewels | 34 jewels |
TSE 122.00
| Type | inverted Manufacture tourbillon automatic movement with micro-rotor |
|---|---|
| Functions | off-centre hours and minutes indication at 5 o’clock, retrograde seconds display at 11 o’clock, tourbillon at 1 o’clock |
| Technical characteristics | tourbillon positioned at 1 o’clock (beneath bridge), retrograde mechanism incorporating a titanium lever and a snail cam mounted directly on the cage, micro-rotor at 9 o’clock |
| Diameter | 30.40 mm (13 ¼’’’) |
| Thickness | 7.05 mm |
| Diameter of casing | 30.00 mm |
| Decoration | Main plate – sandblasted (fine), Wheels: circular grained, Complication bridges: hand bevelled, satin finished, Steel components: satin finished with sunray decoration, Tourbillon cage: circular grained, Retrograde lift: hand bevelled, satin finished, Micro-rotor: hand bevelled and micro-blasted, Screws: polished |
| Bridges | hand bevelled, micro-blasted (fine) |
| Frequency | 3 Hz (21’600 Alt/h) |
| Balance wheel | balance wheel with fixed inertia, produced in-house |
| Hairspring | hairspring with flat Philips terminal curve, produced by E20 |
| Power reserve | 70 hours |
| Components | 256 |
| Jewels | 40 jewels |
