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Most of this info comes from http://www.tourbillonwatches.com which seems to be the main seller of these.

Tourous Tourbillon Watches Here, you'll find a good selection of Tourous tourbillon watches.

The tourbillon watch was invented about 200 years ago by the great French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet. Since its inception, the tourbillon has captivated the buying public. Most of today's respected Swiss watch houses such as Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, and Omega to name a few carry a tourbillon in their watch lineup. However, due to the high price as a result of the complication and intensive labor involved in their construction, most people are not able to afford these objects of beauty. The price of membership typically range from about US $16,000 upwards to more than US $100,000.

Enter the Tourous watch company. Designed in the U.S.A., Tourous watches offer exceptional beauty and technology for the wrist at affordable prices. The name "Tourous" is derived from the "tour" in "tourbillon" which means turning or whirlwind in French. Together with the "ous," which describes the act of turning, Tourous aptly describes the tourbillon movement in a tourbillon watch.

The watch company turns to some of the most progressive movement manufacturers for their watches and they design their own movements, each numbered movement taking over 2 months of precision craftsmanship. It sets high standards in the watchmaking industry by utilizing cutting edge technology in the design and manufacture of Tourous tourbillon watches. Their design, assembly, engineering, testing, and service are performed throughout the world in countries such as Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Germany.

The watchmakers are trained in Switzerland and Germany and have over 30 years of experience working on tourbillon and complex movements. Only a small handful of the best and most seasoned watchmakers are allowed to master this complicated movement. Tourous imposes strict quality control on all their watches, where the movement manufacturer uses 12 sets of Witschi watch timing machines and exacting calibrators from Switzerland.

Because Tourous specializes in the manufacture of only tourbillon watches, they will never manufacture other horological products such as digital watches, chronographs, chronometers, pocket watches, stop watches, clocks, table clocks, or jewelry of any kind. That way, they can concentrate on what they do best - the manufacture of exceptional tourbillon watches.

The company stresses the importance of customer satisfaction and the development of consumer loyalty. For your peace of mind, Tourous offers a 30 Day Money-Back Guarantee and a Lifetime Warranty. If you are not 100% satisfied simply return the watch to us, and we'll refund the entire purchase price (less PayPal and shipping fees).

Tourous watches are sold only through Internet websites http://www.tourous.com and http://www.tourbillonwatches.com both to assure the consumer of the timepieces' source and as a way to cut the retail cost by forgoing the middleman
 

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I imagine there are options that cost less, but here are the options from the site -

From - http://www.tourbillonwatches.com/tourous-tourbillon-watches.html

THE COLLECTION OF TOUROUS TOURBILLON WATCHES


Classic Tourous TourbillonSpecification:
Movement: Mechanical with manual winding; handcrafted Tourous caliber T1224 one minute, 360 degrees bridge tourbillon movement; 21 jewels; 21,600 vph with timing screws; power reserve approximately 60 hours; movement decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing and blued screws.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon.
Case: Two piece surgical stainless steel case, polished and brushed finish; 41 mm wide x 11 mm high; stepped bezel; flat sapphire crystal front with screw-on back sapphire crystal exhibition window.
Dial: Silver guilloche dial with Roman numeral indices; the tourbillon cage is located through a circular aperture at 6 o'clock position.
Crown: Push and pull crown.
Band: Genuine Louis Rine leather strap with signed Tourous & Co. buckle.
Additional Information: Tourous tourbillon watches come packaged in a black lacquer finished watch box.
Warranty: Tourous offers an Unlimited Lifetime Warranty on the tourbillon movement.


Classic Tourous Tourbillon Watch

Our Price US $6,995.00
New Lower Price US $5,695.00

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Power Reserve Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon Specification:
Movement: Mechanical manual winding with Power Reserve 50 hours; handcrafted Tourous caliber T1104 one minute flying tourbillon movement; 15 jewels; 21,600 vph with timing screws; movement decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing and blued screws.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon; power reserve display.
Case: 316L stainless steel, polished finish; 37 mm wide x 10.3 mm high; stepped bezel; domed sapphire crystal front with screw-on back sapphire crystal exhibition window.
Dial: Silver dial with Roman numeral indices and power reserve display; the tourbillon cage is located at 6 o'clock position.
Crown: Push and pull crown.
Band: Genuine leather strap with signed Tourous & Co. buckle.
Water Resistance: 3 ATM (100 feet/30 meters).
Additional Information: Tourous tourbillon watches come packaged in either a gorgeous solid wood mahogany or black lacquer finished watch box.
Warranty: Tourous offers an Unlimited Lifetime Warranty on the tourbillon movement.

Power Reserve Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon Watch

Retail Price US $5,997.00
Our Price US $1,195.00


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Open Dial Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon
Specification:
Movement: Mechanical with manual winding; handcrafted Tourous caliber T1104 one minute flying tourbillon movement; 15 jewels; 21,600 vph with timing screws; power reserve approximately 48 hours; movement decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing and blued screws.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon.
Case: 316L stainless steel, polished finish; 42 mm wide x 10.5 mm high; smooth bezel; sapphire crystal front with screw-on back sapphire crystal exhibition window.
Dial: cut open dial revealing front movement plate decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing; off centered hour dial (under 12 o'clock position) with Arabic numerals; steel hour and minute hands; the tourbillon cage is located at 6 o'clock position.
Crown: Push and pull crown.
Band: Genuine leather strap with signed Tourous buckle.
Water Resistance: 3 ATM (100 feet/30 meters).
Additional Information: Tourous tourbillon watches come packaged in either a gorgeous solid wood mahogany or black lacquer finished watch box.
Warranty: Tourous offers an Unlimited Lifetime Warranty on the tourbillon movement.


Open Dial Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon Watch

Retail Price US $4,995.00
Our Price US $995.00

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White Dial Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon
Specification:
Movement: Mechanical with manual winding; handcrafted Tourous caliber T1104 one minute flying tourbillon movement; 15 jewels; 21,600 vph with timing screws; power reserve approximately 48 hours; movement decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing and blued screws.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon.
Case: 316L stainless steel, polished finish; 42 mm wide x 10.5 mm high; smooth bezel; sapphire crystal front with screw-on back sapphire crystal exhibition window.
Dial: white dial, engine-turned circular grained with printed minute track, off centered hour dial (under 12 o'clock position) with Roman numerals; black painted brass hands; the tourbillon cage is located at 6 o'clock position.
Crown: Push and pull crown.
Band: Genuine leather strap with signed Tourous buckle.
Water Resistance: 3 ATM (100 feet/30 meters).
Additional Information: Tourous tourbillon watches come packaged in either a gorgeous solid wood mahogany or black lacquer finished watch box.
Warranty: Tourous offers an Unlimited Lifetime Warranty on the tourbillon movement.

White Dial Stainless Steel Tourous Tourbillon Watch

Retail Price US $4,995.00
Our Price US $995.00

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5 Day Power Reserve Tourous Tourbillon
Tourous is currently in the process of releasing a new and exciting Duo Spring Barrel 5 Day tourbillon watch. This is a special piece with a nearly blank dial without numerals or markers so that the star of the show shines through in the unique 9 o'clock position. This watch is certainly the first of its kind, the most stunning yet, and deserving of any watch connoisseur's respect. Accordingly, it is limited to one piece in a solid 18K gold case.
Specification:
Movement: Mechanical manual winding with Power Reserve 5 Days (more than 120 hours); handcrafted Tourous caliber T2705 Duo Spring Barrel one minute flying tourbillon movement; 27 rubies; 28,800 vph; movement decorated with Côtes de Genève finishing and fine rubies.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon.
Case: Available in 18K yellow gold.
Dial: Blank dial without numerals or indices to highlight the tourbillon cage located in the unique 9 o'clock position.
Crown: Push and pull crown.
Band: Genuine leather strap with signed Tourous buckle.
Water Resistance: 3 ATM (100 feet/30 meters).
Additional Information: Tourous tourbillon watches come packaged in either a gorgeous solid wood mahogany or black lacquer finished watch box.


5 Day Power Reserve Tourous Tourbillon Watch

In production
US $42,500.00
 

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Brought mine though the site about four years ago..I posted on wearing today.

Here is my regulator, its been great, keeps perfect time, good size, recommend




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Hey James! Thanks for posting this Bro!! Some great lookin tourbies and the prices are reasonable too! Gonna have to put one on my short/long list, LOL.

Larry my friend, yours is another "Bad To The Bone" part of your collection. You got it goin on Bro!!!
 
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