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Thomas Prescher is a watchmaker extraordinaire:  four tourbillons click on the picture to enlarge
  the atelier click on the pictures to enlarge A candidate for membership of the AHCI or Horological Academy of Independent Creators, his skills and creativity are reflected by pieces like the unique Falcon watch and the challenging double-axis-tourbillon (click here for a recent article):   The dual-axis tourbillon click on the pictures to enlarge  the dual-axis tourbillon in motion
Thomas Prescher latest surprise is an even more stunning piece: the Triple Axis Tourbillonwhich immediately was nick-named "TAT". We are proud and honoured to present the worldīs first picture of this remarkeable creation:  click on the picture for larger view  Detail picture of the tourbillon carriage click on the picture for larger view
Among the most stunning differences: Unlike the Dual Axis Tourbillon, "TAT" is a wrist watch size movement! Thomas Prescher emphasizes "TAT" was not made to increase the accurary, the level of finishing or the use of hard-to-work materials. All of this has been done before, the intention "TAT" is to go new ways in a completely new direction. His basic goal, in his words: "To do, what was regarded impossible by all before". Two major brands turned down his offer to produce the watch for them, stating it would be impossible to do this watch even with a team of five person in one year. But instead of resigning, he started to develop "TAT" on his own. To some degree motivated by the idea to demonstrate it is possible to do in less than a year and by himself, the first line on a CAD computer based development tool was drawn on 13th of June 2003. In order to minimize production delay due to backorder for the parts which had to be done by third-party companies, he had to find new partners. And he succeeded in finding them outside the core watch industry; instead of nine months several key parts of the movement could be done in only four weeks. The pure outer data certainly donīt do this magnificent piece sufficient justice, but give some impression how elaborated this movement is:
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Sincere thanks to Thomas Prescher for providing the pictures and insights,
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After his apprenticeship he worked for IWC, Audemars Piguet and Guebelin AG where he was responsible for complicated, vintage/antique and unique pieces. Until 2002 occupations at Progress Watch AG and Blancpain followed.