Touros Tourbillon Watches

[Freddie von Rost]

Has anybody got any experience or dealt with Touros. I have always lusted after a tourbillon - I know that Touros use Chinese movements - but funds are in short supply.

This model:



$1240 shipped to UK.

Webbisite:

http://www.tourbillonwatches.com/tourous-tourbillo...

Any info or comments welcome.

[Don1]

Are they so limited you can't save up for a bit longer? To get a proper Swiss one? Even second hand?

[Freddie von Rost]

Don1 said:

Are they so limited you can't save up for a bit longer? To get a proper Swiss one? Even second hand?

Err ... yes.

[anonymous-user]

Don1 said:

Are they so limited you can't save up for a bit longer? To get a proper Swiss one? Even second hand?

Isn't it still a proper tourbillon when it's Chinese made?

[bloater27]

Am I the only one who isn't struck by Tourbillon's?

[BiggusLaddus]

bloater27 said:

Am I the only one who isn't struck by Tourbillon's?

No.

[Don1]

el stovey said:

Isn't it still a proper tourbillon when it's Chinese made?

Call me a snob, but no.

Sure, a lot of the parts etc are mechanically the same, but I am yet to see anything of Chinese manufacture that is as of good quality (or better than), of something else you can buy in this world. See: Cars, jewellery etc etc etc.

[Fittster]

Don1 said:

el stovey said:

Isn't it still a proper tourbillon when it's Chinese made?

Call me a snob, but no.

Sure, a lot of the parts etc are mechanically the same, but I am yet to see anything of Chinese manufacture that is as of good quality (or better than), of something else you can buy in this world. See: Cars, jewellery etc etc etc.

Some of there Hi-Fi stuff is supposed to be good.

[Freddie von Rost]

At the risk of peevishness, is there anybody out there who has dealt with Touros?

[tertius]

Freddie von Rost said:

At the risk of peevishness, is there anybody out there who has dealt with Touros?

Nope, but have you looked at the BHI Tourbillon?

http://www.bhi.co.uk/150Watch.html

I think if I were looking for a cheap tourbillon it would be on my list.

[Freddie von Rost]

Seems almost too good to be true. Amazing value.

[cyberface]

tertius said:

Freddie von Rost said:

At the risk of peevishness, is there anybody out there who has dealt with Touros?

Nope, but have you looked at the BHI Tourbillon?

http://www.bhi.co.uk/150Watch.html

I think if I were looking for a cheap tourbillon it would be on my list.

I've posted about this one before

It's the same movement as in the Touros tourbillons - there's only one manufacture in China that can make tourbillons and they're finding it tricky!

I'm not quite as snobbish, since it's the engineering marvel of the tourbillon that attracts me to them, but I'm not keen on the Chinese one purely because of the design of the cage... Yep I may sound insane but the Chinese one looks 'chunky' and not quite as precision-engineered, and not as delicately balanced. It must be in order to function as a watch, but there's something 'pressed' rather than machined in the appearance of the tourbillon.

Have to hand it to them though - certainly woke the Swiss up, since the tourbillon design is actually IIRC the Chinese's own, and not the usual blatant replica of someone else's design (e.g. the ETA replicas which are pretty much exact copies)... if only it *looked* nicer, I'd have one. And waste hours staring at it spinning round until I went insane. Or 'more' insane