Audemars Piguet 26223RO.OO.D010CA.01, Инструкция по эксплуатации

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About the watch
tHE tOurbILLON
The mosT ouTsTanding waTchmakers have
been sTriving To improve Timing accuracy
since The second half of The 18
Th
cenTury.
The desire to achieve an identical setting for a
timepiece in all positions is a major challenge. under
the earth’s pull, the tiniest variations in equilibrium
have a negative influence on the regulating part
(balance/balance-spring) when positioned vertically,
thus causing running differences in the watch.
in 1801 the watchmaker Abraham louis breguet
thought up a tourbillon regulating system that
balanced the running differences in all positions.
The operating principle has remained largely the
same to this day: the escapement parts (wheel, pallet
and balance) are held in a movable frame rather than
being fixed in the movement. by rotating on its axis
every minute with the escapement parts, this frame
enables all the parts to change position constantly,
thereby offsetting the running differences caused
by the effects of gravitation.
185 years later, in 1986, Audemars Piguet successfully
fitted this system for the first time into a production
wristwatch with an ultra-thin automatic mechanical
movement. The Manufacture in le brassus has since
built on this success by presenting many tourbillon
models combined with all watch complications.
The Manufacture, still one of the select few mastering
the secrets of this complication, offers more than
25 different tourbillon movements.
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