Why this obsolete mechanism makes watches more expensive

This luxury watch complication was used to make pocket watches more accurate, so why are some collectors paying millions for it in a wristwatch?

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Mar 26 2024
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A tourbillon (French for "whirlwind") is a centuries-old mechanism built inside some of the world's most expensive watches. It was originally designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches by rot… [+831 chars]

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