What is a Tourbillon

The tourbillon was invented in 1795 by the Swiss-French horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet. He was granted a patent for the tourbillon in 1801. A tourbillon is a mechanical device used to counteract the Earth’s gravity’s effect on the accuracy and the reliability of the watch movement. Tourbillons can be found almost exclusively in extreme luxury watch brands.

Why doesn't Rolex make a tourbillon

Rolex is a super conservative and super reliable brand. Their watches stick pretty much to their original image, almost all of them contain the same movement, all movements are in-house made by Rolex. Rolex watches are reliable, precise with elegant and sporty looks,  If you purchase a Rolex, you know what you’ll get. Rolex’s philosophy is to keep things simple, down to earth, limited and focused. And Rolex’s movements are focused on the basic time functions, that most people actually need and want. It takes Rolex a considerable amount of time – sometimes decades, to make the slightest changes in either their technology or design. Those who know little about watches often believe Rolex to be the last word in high-end luxury watches, the fact is that the brand generally makes simple, reliable, (relatively) affordable watches for everyday use. So Rolex rarely makes movements with complications , for example, Rolex doesn't make a tourbillon. But this does not mean that rolex doesn’t has the ability to produce the tourbillon watch, but in terms of the rolex financial resources, material resources and manpower, if it is to produce the tourbillon watch, it does not have any difficulty for it, it just depends on whether Rolex is willing or not.

In fact, no matter what Rolex focuses on, and what they can or will make, the most important thing is that Swiss Rolex Replica won’t let you down.