Tourbillon
In horology, a tourbillon (/tʊərˈbɪljən/; French: [tuʁbijɔ̃] "whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Developed around 1795 and patented by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet on June 26, 1801, a tourbillon aims to counter the effects of gravity by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in a rotating cage, to negate the effect of gravity when the timepiece (thus the escapement) is stuck in a certain position. By continuously rotating the entire balance wheel/escapement assembly at a slow rate (typically about one revolution per minute), positional errors are averaged out.
Originally an attempt to improve accuracy, tourbillons are still included in some expensive modern watches as a novelty and demonstration of watchmaking virtuosity. The mechanism is usually exposed on the watch's face to show it off.
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Tracklist: Gottfried Finger
No. | Title | Runtime |
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Sonata Secunda D Dur | ||
1 | Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Presto- -Adagio - Adagio | 2:30 |
2 | Aria | 2:38 |
3 | Adagio - [Andante] - Allegro | 3:07 |
Sonata Terza A Dur | ||
4 | Adagio | 1:28 |
5 | Allegro | 1:05 |
6 | Adagio - Allegro | 2:17 |
7 | Allegro | 0:57 |
Prelude E Moll | ||
8 | Prelude | 1:31 |
Sonata Quarta D Moll | ||
9 | Adagio | 1:20 |
10 | [Allegro] | 1:38 |
11 | [Adagio] - Allegro - Adagio | 2:24 |
Sonatina A Dur | ||
12 | Adagio | 0:57 |
13 | Allegro | 1:32 |
14 | Adagio | 1:25 |
15 | [Chaconne] | 2:00 |
[Aria Et Variatones] D Dur | ||
16 | Adagio | 3:03 |
[Balletti Scordati] A Dur | ||
17 | [Intrada] | 0:36 |
18 | Allamande | 1:48 |
19 | Courante | 1:40 |
20 | Sarabande & Double | 3:27 |
21 | Gavotte | 0:41 |
22 | [Aria] Adagio - Presto | 2:09 |
23 | Guige | 1:04 |
Sonata Sesta A Moll | ||
24 | [Adagio] | 1:48 |
25 | [Aria] | 1:28 |
26 | [Allegro] | 1:08 |
27 | Adagio | 1:42 |
28 | [Allegro] | 1:28 |
Sonatina D Moll | ||
29 | [Toccatta] - [Aria] Adagio | 1:50 |
30 | Allegro - Adagio | 3:08 |