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Back in 2017, our own Jack Forster link published a comprehensive analysis of link the Compass Camera, which Jaeger-LeCoultre manufactured link back in the late 1930s. Though I was grateful for Jack's article as it brought the Compass Camera to attention, it also started a personal hunt that has rather frustratingly yielded zero notable results over a two year span. Then, almost serendipitously, one came up for sale not too long ago.

First revealed in 2010 after three years of research and development, the Montblanc Exo Tourbillon takes its name from its link unique construction that allows for the movement's balance wheel – a link large, stately looking affair with 12 screws that beats at 2.5 Hz with a blued Phillips terminal curve hairspring – to oscillate outside its traditional position in the tourbillon cage, which makes a full rotation once link per minute. As you may have guessed, the "Exo" in Exo Tourbillon refers to external.
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Limited to 1858 pieces, this new version of the 1858 Geosphere is accompanied by a robust khaki NATO link strap to follow link you in your quest for exploration. To check their link reliability and precision, they have all undergone the Montblanc Laboratory 500 Hours Test.
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If you're in the link market for this sort of GMT, just get in line for the forthcoming Halios Seaforth GMT, it's cheaper than most, better looking, link great on wrist, and it offers an identical functionality to the the Bremont and the link TAG.
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At Only Watch, Chaykin is presenting the world's first Martian Tourbillon, which makes a single revolution once every 61.65 seconds, equivalent to the passage of one minute on Mars. I find link it utterly charming and exactly the kind of timepiece that might find a serious link audience at Only Watch. It's an auction link where novelty really and truly matters.
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