Tourbillon Longetivity and wear

[lolz123]

I was thinking of getting a hublot tourbillon or a cartier de calibre tourbillon for daily wear for work and such.
I was wondering since i hear it is really hard to find a good watchsmith that is good at working on rep tourbillions or servcing them. I hear a lot about servicing rep movements, but i havent seen much info about servicing tourbillons.

I was wondering how long do they usually last with extended wear? or is this not reccomended?
any advice is appreciated.

 

[tt88]

I would not recommend as a daily wear. IMO, I will reserve it for dinners and functions.

Not many watchsmith will handle a tourby, let alone a China made one.
repairing would be expensive too and parts don't come easily.

 

[mitchbaria]

Mine lasted three weeks, I sent it to Sead to get it serviced ,,,,instead he replaced the movement,,, i still haven't gotten it back,,,, I'm starting to get concerned... of course mine is the auto tourby,,,, which is fairly new.... but i have my doubts about how long these will run without a proper servicing which is very difficult to find a Smith that will do it...... maybe others can tell better stories and this it's only one case,,,,, I only have one so take my remarks in context....

 

[ShiroTenshi]

From what i know, the manual touby are pretty lasting.
Auto.. more mechanism more problems? hmm..

 

[lolz123]

How do you tell if it's a manual or automatic tourb?
sorry for the noobiness

 

[cwazy1]

Mitch, yours is shot already???

I've never had issues with my tourbys. Then again I wear mine maybe once every 1-2 weeks

 

[mitchbaria]

Yep,,,,, and I'm hoping it's not lost in the mail also,,,, Sead mailed it almost a month ago and i still don't have it.....
I've been really heart broken over this,,,,, I put 400 in the gen strap....I really love this watch....

 

[mydnytrydr]

Yep,,,,, and I'm hoping it's not lost in the mail also,,,, Sead mailed it almost a month ago and i still don't have it.....
I've been really heart broken over this,,,,, I put 400 in the gen strap....I really love this watch....

There's a week long Chinese holiday in there..you should be fine. Did Sead give you a tracking number?