Entry-level Tourbillon - good/bad/ugly?

[CommanderJameson]

I always thought a tourbillon would be out of my reach - a feature only seen on watches costing thousands and thousands of pounds.

Well, on my random walk around the web, I happened on this which, if I'm not very much mistaken, is an auto tourbillon with power reserve indicator for about £150.

Is my initial reaction of "blimey, I want that" well founded?

ETA: Having looked at a couple more pictures of it, I reckon that that "tourbillon" is just a displayed balance wheel. Still, the power reserve is intriguing.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Sunday 21st December 21:58

[Seb d]

I'm sorry, but considering that even the Chinese tourbillons cost hundreds and hundreds of pounds, I'd say that's just about the biggest bargain I've ever seen. Ever.

[CommanderJameson]

It's clearly intended to look like a tourbillon. Which is a bit cheeky, perhaps.

[Seb d]

Well, according to the discussion here, it might well be http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=9103...

[Ultra Violent]

With today's manufacturing techniques, a tourbillion is a piece of piss. Anything more than 1k is taking even more piss. Sure, in the old days i can imagine that they were bloody difficult to make, but today, when we can put robots on Mars...

Had a dealer telling me A perpetual calendar was really difficult to make. I told him I could make one with lego. He didn't see the funny side.