Chopard
Sandro
Grand Complication watchmaker tourbillon artisan
The art of the tourbillon at Chopard is more about conquest than prowess. Since Chopard Manufacture came into being in 1996, each calibre has been conceived as a key element and observing the full array of these mechanisms reveals that they form the cornerstone of a Manufacture. One step at a time, the watchmakers have moved forward, setting new milestones, to create the prestigious complication watch that is the tourbillon watch. As Sandro explains: "The tourbillon was based on the idea of placing the regulating organ of the movement in a mobile carriage that spins on its axis to escape the effects of gravity that affected pocket watches in the past, when they generally remained in the same vertical position inside a waistcoat pocket.
This process improved the precision of the watches.”. Chopard's flying tourbillon watch movement has been awarded a patent for its mechanism that automatically brings the seconds hand to a halt when the crown is pulled out for time-setting. "This was a request from Mr. Scheufele. He thought it was normal that in creating a tourbillon that improves accuracy, one should be able to set the watch to the exact second”, says Sandro, one of the few watchmakers capable of assembling such a complex mechanism.
Sandro, Grand Complication watchmaker Artisan
