Wednesday, 21 July 2010

The one on the left tells you how many times the watch has been turned

View the Orbita Tourbillon photo gallery.The Orbita Tourbillon is the Porsche of watch winders. It's modern, sleek, ***y, and it ain't cheap. But for the enthusiast who wants the best for his watches, the Orbita will keep them running with both style and precision.The Orbita Tourbillon looks a little like a bomb from a Die Hard movie with its exposed circuitry and extremely bright LEDs. The chassis is made from four 10mm thick pieces of glass joined together by clear epoxy. Inside, three circuit boards are screwed in place and support two fantastically bright LEDs, and two stainless steel rollers. On top of the rollers rests the barrels inside of which your well wound and precisely rotated automatic watches are tucked, wrapped snuggly around self-conforming foam cushions. Although the barrels are stainless steel, they are lined with soft and gentle plastic which won't scratch your steel, gold, or platinum bracelets, and the rollers have rubber gaskets for securely and quietly gripping and turning the barrels.The one on the left tells you how many times the watch has been turned, and resets itself automatically at midnight. The LED on the right is actually a highly accurate quartz clock which makes perfect sense as it allows you to calibrate your less accurate automatic watch as you're putting it on in the morning. Bright blue LEDs are soldered below the circuit boards and flash in configurable patterns to draw even more attention to this modern piece of functional industrial art.It's not rocket science, but it's probably a little more complex than the *** face might lead you to expect.Aside from the learning curve, there's quite a lot to like about this watch:The titanium case makes for a very light and comfortable watch that still feels well-made.Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.Despite all the functions, the dial is still pretty readable.Wonderfully detailed blue and white sub-dial hands.5-band radio reception.100M (330 feet) of water resistance.

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