1) Avex Group artist 2) French word used in English 3) Japanese musical trio
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In horology, a tourbillon (ən; lang `whirlwind`) is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement. Developed around 1795 and patented by the French-Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet on June 26, 1801, a tourbillon aims to counter the effects of gravity by mounting the escapement and balance wheel in a rotating cage, to negate the effec.....
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[brand] Tourbillon are shops owned by The Swatch Group. Mainly based in Switzerland, they sell high range manufactured watches and jewellery. They officially represent Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Glashütte Original, Leon Hatot, Omega and Swatch. == Places == ...
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swirl; vortex; whirlwind
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(from the article `Breguet, Abraham-Louis`) ...principal watchmaker of the empire. Among Breguet`s many inventions and innovations were the overcoil, an improvement of the balance spring that ...
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An invention of Breguet's for minimising positional errors. Â The balance-wheel and escape-wheel are mounted on a revolving platform geared to the third wheel so that it makes a complete turn every sixty seconds; Â thus any imbalance in the weight-distribution of these parts, which might otherwise af
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