Without air, there could be no resonance. Air behaved as a clutch and only one rotation was allowed. In this case the size of the gap, air viscosity and rotation directions were critical. Breguets’s works were based on the interactions between the balance wheel rims and the air between them, using the air as a fluid gearing. The schematics showed devices allowing for the fine tuning of the distance that separated the two balance wheels, which were in this case using a fundamentally different coupling than the piano or tuning fork. Photography: Guy Lucas de Peslouan – 2020Īs he was doing some research on the subject, Vianney found early 1800s blueprints of Abraham Louis Breguet’s attempts to achieve resonance.
Vianney felt there could be a similar way to synchronize two balance wheels. Just like on the tuning fork, the resonance mechanism seemed to depend on the fixed base through which the energy flows. When attuning the keys where three harmonic strings overlap, he noticed an energy exchange between the strings that forced them to resonate. The idea of creating an acoustically resonant double-balance time instrument emerged in Vianney’s mind in 1996 when he started learning to play the piano. After multiple years in research and development, creative phases and external influences, Vianney shows a unique system that accurately depicts a true physical phenomenon. This creation is a tribute to undulatory physics, galaxy-shaking events and our Universe’s very fundamental mechanisms. Photography: Guy Lucas de Peslouan – 2020
A technical challenge and unheard mechanical prowess. Vianney reengineered the tourbillon cage in order to integrate two acoustically synchronized balance wheels. Vianney Halter, the space and time travel watchmaker, is happy to introduce you to the new technical breakthrough at the heart of his emblematic 3 axis tourbillon: the Deep Space Resonance. Reading Time: 8 minutes A lifelong dream is being realized at last!
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