{"id":12511,"date":"2024-08-02T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T03:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cortinawatch.com\/tw\/?post_type=news&p=12511"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:17:50","slug":"12511","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.cortinawatch.com\/tw\/en\/news\/12511\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Innovations That Show Franck Muller\u2019s Technical Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The independent Swiss luxury watch marque\u2019s fearless watchmaking philosophy expressed through three complications.<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/hgroup>\n
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Back in the early 1990s, when independent luxury watchmaking was on the cusp of blowing up as a modern-day phenomenon, entrepreneur Vartan Sirmakes, and horological prodigy\u00a0Franck Muller<\/a>\u00a0were hatching plans that would soon reshape the paradigm of watch appreciation for a new generation of collectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Centuries-old watch companies had long been the dominant force in the business at that time. There was little room, if any, for a young independent watch brand to make a significant impact. Vartan and Muller, however, had other ideas. Combining Muller\u2019s iconoclastic watchmaking as well as Vartan\u2019s vision for a fully integrated watch manufacture, both men established the brand,\u00a0Franck Muller<\/a>, in 1991, to address a growing demand for unique and technically outstanding timepieces for increasingly discerning aficionados.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Right off the bat, Franck Muller crystallised its position with a bold tagline: \u2018Master of Complications\u2019. To this day, the unabashed proclamation serves both as a declaration of Franck Muller\u2019s watchmaking stature, as well as its relentless horological aspirations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Unleashing The Tourbillon<\/h2>\n<\/hgroup>\n
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The tourbillon is the complication that is most synonymous with\u00a0Franck Muller<\/a>. Invented in 1801 by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the tourbillon was originally made to improve the precision of pocket watches. In Franck Muller\u2019s hands, however, the complication not only performs its unique timekeeping duties but has been transformed into miniature sculptural art.<\/p>\n

The tourbillon is recognised by a gently rotating cage that houses a mechanical watch\u2019s most important timekeeping components. The cage rotates to cancel out the effects of gravity on the timekeeping parts\u2014an animated movement that is mechanically complex and theatrical in equal measure. When\u00a0Franck Muller<\/a>\u00a0introduced his \u2018World Premiere\u2019 watches back in the 1980s\u2014never-before-seen high complications that were anchored by the tourbillon\u2014the watchmaker relocated the tourbillon from the back to the front of the wristwatches, a design that has endured till today.<\/p>\n

Some of the brand\u2019s most eye-catching tourbillons include the Revolution series tourbillons that feature the complication in multiple cages rotating on different axes; the Giga Tourbillon from 2011 that was the tourbillon wristwatch with a 20mm cage; and the world\u2019s fastest tourbillon, Thunderbolt, which features a tourbillon cage that rotates every five seconds, 12 times faster than regular tourbillons.<\/p>\n

Franck Muller\u2019s latest iteration of the tourbillon comes in the form of the\u00a0Grand Central Tourbillon<\/a>. As the name suggests, the watch features a single tourbillon that takes pride of place at the centre of the dial. As tourbillons are usually located at the bottom of the dial, relocating it to the middle requires a reconfiguration of the movement\u2019s architecture. The\u00a0Grand Central Tourbillon<\/a>\u00a0features an automatic, tonneau-shaped movement that not only places the complication on a pedestal but ensures top-notch performance with four days of power reserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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