Flying Tourbillon Model

This is a simple model of a Swiss lever flying tourbillon as found in many high-end watches. A tourbillon is a feature designed by Breguet as a method to counter gravitational errors on the balance spring and improve watch accuracy. This tourbillon, however, was designed by me as a method to demonstrate horological nerdom to others.

vocabulary lesson:
tourbillon - a mechanism to counter the effects of gravity by rotating the escapement and balance wheel so all errors average out.
"flying" - cantilevered off of only one pivot. "Flying" sounds more dramatic and sells more watches than "cantilevered."
swiss lever - the most ubiquitous mechanical watch escapement in the world originally invented by Thomas Mudge. Its simplicity and ability to self start account for its popularity despite less than ideal efficiency and sliding friction from the pallets.

Originally I wanted it to be powered by my ID tags, but it requires more weight (or a bigger spocket). So now it runs off