Tourbillon

Twenty years ago, the Veyron was born. A dozen years later, the Chiron. And now the Tourbillon – Bugatti's new epoch – born through the concept of horology: a 277-mph, 1,800-hp, naturally aspirated V16, three-electric-motor, luxury hybrid hypercar.

The Louis Moinet Vertalor tourbillon wristwatch has won this year's International Chronometry Competition – an event described as "the equivalent of five Formula 1 Grand Prix races – without a single pit stop."

Inspired by the 1970s cartoon character Captain Future, the Horological Machine No.6 (HM6) "Space Pirate" not only reflects the style of an outer space adventurer’s ship, but is also piece of high-tech mechanical watchmaking with 475 components – 80 in the case alone.

The Bible talks about beating swords into plowshares, but what about Kalashnikovs into timepieces? Swiss watchmaker Fonderie 47’s Inversion Principle has done just that with a luxury watch made in part from the steel of a deactivated AK-47 assault rifle.

Computer scientist and watchmaking enthusiast Nicholas Manousos has created a printable version of the tourbillon watch movement called Tourbillon 1000%. Fabricated from thermoplastic and ball bearings, it may not be practical, but it's certainly eye catching.

At Baselworld 2014, we recently spied TAG Heuer's Monaco V4 Tourbillon. It's reportedly the first watch to ever feature a belt-drive tourbillon complication.

We got a look at Swiss watch maker Antoine Martin’s Tourbillon Astronomique watch at Baselworld this week, which can not only tell what time the Sun will rise and set at, but even has a few tricks that you won’t find at the app store.

The LaFerrari wrist watch from Hublot is modeled on the car of the same name, with a display that resembles the engine of the Ferrari supercar.

Hublot brings the Antikythera device back in the form of a limited edition MP-08 Antikythera SunMoon watch.

The watch on the right is the Rebellion REB-5, which sells for CHF 189,000 (US$196,000). The one at left is the Rebellion Black Diamond REB-5 and the person who buys it will have parted with 890,000 Swiss francs (US$928,500).

The Jurassic Tourbillon's dial contains fragments of authentic fossilized dinosaur bones around 130 million years ago.

Romain Jerome offers unique watches that fascinate the technophile and fundamentally defy logic. The Day&Night watch, however, takes the cake for sheer outrageous “I-don’t-give-a-flying-toss” (but-really-I-do) elitism. It’s a limited edition