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2. Tourbillon (horse) - Wikipedia

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   Tourbillon was bred and raced by one of France's most prominent horsemen, Marcel Boussac.Tourbillon was sired by Ksar, a back-to-back winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Leading sire in France in 1931 whose own sire, Bruleur, won the 1913 Grand Prix de Paris and was the Leading sire in France in 1921, 1924, and 1929.

3. Tourbillon - Wikipedia

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   The first flying tourbillon was designed by Alfred Helwig, instructor at the German School of Watchmaking, in 1920. [ 13 ] In 1993, Kiu Tai-Yu, a Chinese watchmaker residing in Hong Kong , created a semi-flying tourbillon with only an abbreviated carriage for the escapement wheel and pallet fork , the upper pivot of the balance wheel being ...

4. Audemars Piguet - Wikipedia

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   To mark the 20th anniversary of the Royal Oak, Audemars Piguet hired a young designer, Emmanuel Gueit, to design a new watch known as the Royal Oak Offshore. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] The Offshore was formally introduced in 1993, with a much larger case (42mm compared to the original 39mm) which was thought to be tougher than the original. [ 47 ]

5. HMS Royal Oak (1809) - Wikipedia

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   Between 12 and 15 December 1814, Captain Lockyer of Sophie led a flotilla of some 50 boats, barges, gigs and launches to attack the US gunboats. Lockyer drew his flotilla from the fleet that was massing against New Orleans, including the 74-gun Third Rates Royal Oak and Tonnant, and a number of other vessels including Armide, Seahorse, Manly and Meteor.

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7. HMS Royal Oak (08) - Wikipedia

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   Attempts to modernise Royal Oak throughout her 25-year career could not fix her fundamental lack of speed and, by the start of the Second World War, she was no longer suitable for front-line duty. On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47.