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  • I was amazed at how the Tourbillion could integrate something like a slot machine,yet still remain an elegant looking luxury watch.

    Slot Wristband Watch 2007

  • So all you fans get ready to see Tony Starck flaunting exquisite timepieces from the famed brand including the Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX 3 Tourbillion in Platinum, Master Grand Tourbillon 1833 and Reverso Grande 985.

    Luxurylaunches.com 2010

  • The minute hand carries the Orbit Tourbillion once around the entire dial in the course of one hour, whilst the horological masterpiece completes one revolution around its own axis every minute.

    Born Rich 2009

  • The Tourbillion watch movement was first used in pocket watches to help solve the problem related to the forces of gravity.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • - Tourbillion (a whirlwind or whirlpool): what Lance Armstrong calls his bank account.

    The Daily Iowan - Online Edition 2008

  • Concord's C1 Tourbillion Gravity which was previewed to retailers in the first quarter and which retails for over $300,000 has received a tremendous amount of press coverage and allows the brand to position itself in the ultra high-end of the edgy and modern watch arena.

    Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2008

  • Watches: Osama Bin Laden's Brother Invents Must-Have Tourbillion ...

    David Weiner: The Bin Laden Pilot's Watch? This'll Take Some Marketing... 2009

  • There is another Word in the two last Nights, which was very uneasie to me, and the more so, for that it was so often repeated, which is Tourbillion, which signifies commonly a Whirl-wind; but Monsier Des Chartes understands it in a more general Sense, and I call it a Whirling; the Author hath given a very good Definition of it, and I need say no more, but that I retain'd the Word unwillingly, in regard of what I have said in the beginning of this Preface.

    An Essay on Translated Prose 1700

  • The Swatch Group Les Boutiques claims in Clark County Court that Alfonso Arana of San Diego, entered its Tourbillion store on March 31 and zeroed in on a $220,000 Breguet watch.

    Courthouse News Service 2010

  • Daniel Steiger Men's Parliament 35 Jewel Automatic Tourbillion Multi-Function Watch #4055-M

    Amazon.com Gold Box Deals 2010

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