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MECHANICALS
STUHRLING
Meteorite Tourbillon
If you’re familiar with the Brooklyn-based Stuhrling watch brand,
odds are that you’re already a watch fan, and your also likely
familiar with their penchant to create an accessible version of the
holy grail of the watchmaker’s art: the tourbillon.
Despite the brand’s clear affinity to this movement, the
owner of Stuhrling Chaim Fischer will be the first to tell you that
Stührling did not introduce the tourbillon to the world. Of course
that credit belongs to Abraham Louis Breguet for his eponymous
brand (now part of the Swatch Group). At the same time, Fischer
has no problem telling you that while Stührling didn’t introduce
the tourbillon to the world, they did introduce the world to the
tourbillon—meaning they were the brand that made it possible
for serious watch aficionados without six figure buying power to
add a tourbillon to their collections. This is in-part due to modern
construction methods allowing what was once only accomplished
by hand to be produced in a more industrial manner. Even still,
quality matters to Stuhrling so you can be sure of an accurate
and well finished movement housed within a variety of classic
and avant garde design types.
Especially handsome with the meteorite dial, Stuhrling’s 42
mm manual wind Tourbillon can be on your wrist for right around
$1,700 at www.stuhrling.com
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