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This design was patented in 1801...... The article is well worth a read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillon (/tʊərˈbɪljən/; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy. Conceived by the British watchmaker and inventor John Arnold, it was developed by his friend the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and patented by Breguet on 26 June 1801.[1] In a tourbillon the escapement and balance wheel are mounted in a rotating cage, with the goal of eliminating errors of poise in the balance giving a uniform weight.[2]
Tourbillons are still included in some modern wristwatches, where the mechanism is usually exposed on the watch's face to showcase it.
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You can have a fancy watch or car and when an accident happens and you stuck in bumper to bumper traffic hah tell me then how good your watch is that doesn't tell the time and your fancy exotic sports car with 300mph that isn't going anywhere, tell me so I can laugh and shite on these stupid Rich Fucks.
Tell you the truth I have never seen anyone in a fancy exotic sports car in the outback bush the sand and dust alone would Choke up the filters and engine let alone the heat temperature, no wonder all mostly go with powerful jeep engines or highly powerful and robust diesel engines I would like to see an shitty EV exotic car go through the outback bush or desert and have no problems yeah fucking right they would let it burn it self of in the desert
I like watches and cars however there is a limit and all these idiots that have fancy flashy cars all follow the speed limit so funny how they have 250 or 300 mph fancy bullshite car and have to do 70 mph on speedway/freeway/highway all because so they don't get a speeding ticket haha fucking idiots \G/