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    3 months ago

    It’s essentially a fancy watch spring mechanism. So the open spot on the bottom of the dial is the tourbillion as it unwinds it rotates around.

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          3 months ago

          the movement of the arm winds it

          That explains why Trump fails his arms around during his rambling speeches.

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        3 months ago

        Generally yes, like the other reply said it might be automatic and self winding. It’s a style of mechanical watch though so something somehow has to tension the spring that makes the watch run.