====== Triple-Axis Tourbillon ======

The **triple-axis tourbillon** is a highly complicated [[tourbillon]] variant.

===== The Triple-Axis Tourbillon by Thomas Prescher =====

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The [[2004]] triple axis tourbillon developed by [[Thomas Prescher]] is a further development of his [[double-axis tourbillon]]s. The tourbillon here rotates around three axes instead of two.

In the [[Thomas Prescher Triple Axis Tourbillon Regulator|Triple Axis Tourbillon Regulator]] model, the first and second axes each rotate at 1/min, and the third axis rotates at 1/h around its own axis. Like the double-axis tourbillon, the whole tourbillon is equipped with a [[constant-force]] mechanism.

==== About the history of this invention ====
After Richard Good, inspired by the work of A. G. Randal in the 1980s, was the first to incorporate a tourbillon with three axes in a table clock, Thomas Prescher had already made notes and drawings in the sketchbook from his apprentice days to be able to apply such a tourbillon mechanism in a wristwatch.

Driven by the success of his pocket watches, Prescher set out to further scale down the multi-axis mechanism. He overcame the challenge and added a third axis so that it rotated once an hour. For a long time, the creation of such a tourbillon was considered impossible. On the one hand, the height seemed too high for practical use, and on the other hand, not enough impulse could be applied to the balance because of the weight of the additional components. However, a whole series of completely new construction ideas by Thomas Prescher finally solved all the problems mentioned.

The importance of such a complicated watch is rather to be found in the creation of "art for art's sake" than in a further improvement of rate values.

A triple-axis tourbillon, with its spiral movement, occupies many more positions in space than the single- and double-axis designs. Precisely because of the unobstructed view, the tourbillon seems to float almost freely in the air on the three flying axes.

Such a triple-axis tourbillon is not only a technical masterpiece of watchmaking craftsmanship, but first and foremost a work of art that draws our gaze -- an enchantingly magical time sculpture.

Source: [[http://www.prescher.ch/Collection/Tourbillion/DoubleAxisTourbillon/TourbillionHistory/tabid/120/language/de-DE/language/en-US/Default.aspx|Tourbillon-Geschichte]], www.prescher.ch

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===== The Revolution 3 Tourbillon by Franck Muller =====
In the same year [[2004]], Franck Muller had made the move from two to three tourbillon axes with his [[Franck Muller Revolution 3 Tourbillon|Revolution 3 Tourbillon]] model, also an evolution of the [[double-axis tourbillon]] [[Franck Muller Revolution 2 Tourbillon|Revolution 2]].

===== The Gyro Tourbillon =====
It is also worth mentioning the **Gyro-Tourbillon** concept newly developed by [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] and also presented [[2004]]. See [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon 1]] and [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2]].


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