Breguet

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A tough question on so many levels

In the alternate universe where I could actually afford to put together this "set," I'd be faced with a couple choices:

1) Should the set be a WG Tradition in order to better match with the coloring of the platinum AP?  I love both the WG and YG Tradition, but find myself more inclined toward the yellow gold of late (I generally always prefer white metals, but yellow gold is so warm, and recently I've been enamored of yellow gold examples like the JLC Duometre.).

2) Let's say I go with the YG.  The YG Tradition is awesome, but in this alternate universe of unlimited riches would I rather make a set with this watch and the AP, or bump it up to a Tradition Tourbillon in YG?  A fellow diner at the Romain Gauthier dinner I attended recently was kind enough to let me check out his Tradition Tourbillon with fusee-chain transmission and it's pretty darn cool!  The lighting wasn't great at the restaurant for pictures, so none of the photos I took of the voluptuous domed crystal in combination with the fusee-chain turned out, but the watch is so rich, and lovely. 

The above questions aside, I don't know how I'd choose between the AP and the Breguet.  The Breguet gives off a more traditional (No pun intended!) air, while the AP, despite having its components all finished by hand via traditional techniques (Love the barleycorn guilloché on the mainplate!), feels very today, very á la mode.  When I look at the Breguet I feel transported to a slower time; when I look at the AP I feel very in the moment.  Neither of these two feelings is bad, just different.  Putting aside all the technical aspects of the watches and just going with aesthetics, pros for the AP over the Breguet IMO are: enamel dial, barleycorn decoration, and lovely small seconds display.  Pros for the Breguet are: much more manageable size (37mm vs. 46mm), plus COLOR (blued screws, ruby jewels, frosted yellow gold, silver dial display), as the AP is a little cold-looking. 

Why do you ask such tough questions, Respo?

At the end of the day, if I could only buy one watch between the Breguet Tradition (regular handwound or tourbillon) or the AP Jules Audemars with AP escapement, I'd probably go with the AP.  It's grown on me a lot in terms of its aesthetics, and of course I'd love to experience the super high frequency oscillation of the AP balance wheel.  At least for today, I'll go with the AP.  Tomorrow, I will probably love the Breguet more! 

Cheers,

Daos 

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