Wider Vision: Greubel Forsey Introduces Platinum Cases, New Dial Colors to Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision
In 2015, Greubel Forsey released the first edition of its Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision, the “sophisticated yet simple” timepiece that would go on to win the Aiguille d’Or award at that year’s Geneva Grand Prix. This year, the brand extends the Vision collection, which began with a white-gold-cased, silvered-dial model, with four new platinum-cased versions bearing four new dial colors.
Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision – Platinum, Anthracite Black Dial
Despite the watch’s outward simplicity ? at least compared to many of the brand’s other super-complex timepieces ? Greubel Forsey’s renowned horological inventiveness is very much in evidence. The rapidly rotating 24-second tourbillon, inclined at a 25 degree angle, is visible from the back of the watch (a first for a Greubel Forsey), under a sapphire crystal dome that bulges from the exhibition caseback. This design made it possible for the inclined tourbillon cage to overlap the surface of the movement?s bridges and enabled the watchmakers to make the 950 platinum case extra thin ? 13.65 mm high (16.03 mm in total, including the dome) ? while still retaining its fairly large diameter of 43.5 mm (just a smidgen thicker than the original’s white-gold case). Also on the back of the watch is the ?sector?-style power reserve indicator, which tracks the watch?s 72-hour power reserve by means of a pointer and a numbered scale. Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Se...
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