Le Garde Temps

I have just got the phone with Michel who told me that he is very excited to come to Switzerland for a few days next week. He will complete making the gears and pinions according to Philippe Dufour's methods. So Michel will travel to Philippe's atelier in Solliat, in the Vallée de Joux, where Phili

 "And yet it moves." It is time to make our own the famous words of Galileo! Now we finally unveil the assembled cage, mounted on a temporary mainplate and performing its first rotations. Regards, Nicolas

Hi everyone, As promised, here is an animation in which we can see all the elements of the cage fully assembled. Until next time, Nicolas

We now turn our attention to the final assembly of all elements of the tourbillon cage. The point of attachment of the upper and lower parts of the cage is radial. As shown in the first illustration, it is done laterally and for aesthetic reasons both parts come together to form the cage

In this Part 2 we will continue to look at making the upper part of the tourbillon cage. In the following steps, the Michel mills the contour of the arms (step 4), as well as the circular area where the pivot and its base will be screwed. This zone has a very special cut as you can see on the te

Hello Nicolas,You made me crazy with this joke! On the blog, I only saw the first photo and the fact that there was an enormous problem and I became upset (I have a short fuse) and began worrying about the calculations of the gears and direction of rotation. It wasn't only the gear that was red, I

Today we regret to inform you that we have discovered a fundamental problem with the project. It was spotted by eagle-eyed American horology fan Jo King who has been been assiduously following the ‘Naissance d’une montre’ project via this blog. Jo noticed that while Michel was calculating the