REB 5 Tourbillon WG

With the REB-5, Rebellion Timepieces hauls that most noble and regal of horological mechanisms, the tourbillon, from its 18th century roots at high speed into the 21st century. The world's greatest watchmaker, Abraham-Louis Breguet, invented the tourbillon over 200 years ago to improve timekeeping by countering the effects of gravity on the oscillator. Rebellion have now taken the tourbillon and made it their own!

In making a complete revolution every 60 seconds, Rebellion's one-minute tourbillon ensures high precision timekeeping and more - much more!  Rotating a tourbillon cage each and every minute consumes considerable energy so the majority have a relatively short power reserve. However, Rebellion's REB-5 stands out from the crowd, both technically and aesthetically, by using twin mainspring barrels to provide a massive seven days of power! It is an achievement perhaps less surprising on discovering that the movement was developed specifically for Rebellion by renowned Swiss master watchmaker Laurent Besse.

But it's how the technically exacting and innovative movement is holistic with the bold case and dial architecture that both attracts and excites the eye. The REB-5 has no dial; the top of the beautifully finished open movement is the dial, a fact that enables full visual access to the intricate working of usually hidden micro-mechanics.

Turn the over-size crown and you can see the twin mainspring barrels winding, while a window on the side of the case ensures that the pulsing heart of the watch, the animated tourbillon and oscillator, can be appreciated in all its glory.

Turning the watch over reveals a back as fascinating as the front with the tourbillon, the two mainspring barrels, the wheel train and even the winding and time-setting mechanisms all completely open to view!

As with all of Rebellion's timepieces, it is the attention to every detail that sets the brand apart: screw heads in the form of the brand's helice logo; mainspring barrels engineered to resemble the brake disks and wheels of a sports car; even the hands are open-cut so that no mesmerising feature is hidden from sight.