H1 | Flying Central Tourbillon | Platinum fast Bearing an extremely low production

Bearing an extremely low production number

The registers at 3 and 9 o’clock have a frosted quality which visually distinguishes them

with day and month apertures on either side

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This chapter is interrupted by the twin seconds displays

H1 | Flying Central Tourbillon | Platinum fast Bearing an extremely low productionHere is an early example of the Haldimann H1 Flying Central Tourbillon with a 39mm platinum case. The H1 is the first piece designed by maker Beat Haldimann as an independent in his workshop in Villa Nussbhl. Its simple aesthetic belies a surprising level of complexity in the form of a central flying tourbillion, oversized in its proportions. Even within the remarkable catalogue of work that followed it, the H1 is special. It represents not just his