Breguet

Dear All, I was able to handle a friends La Tradition model 7027BA (cal. 507DR) recently and was surprised to see that is has a hacking feature – although it does not have a second hand, the balance wheel is stopped when the crown is pulled. This was unex... 

Hi All, Can a La Tradition owner confirm that this movement indeed hacks, and particularly whether the same feature is present on the automatic version? Do PuristS know of any other 2 hand (minutes & hours) watches that have a hacking feature - I don't be... 

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Thanks Melvyn, I haven’t seen this aspect of the La Tradition mentioned or discussed before and I am interested to understand why it was designed that way. Perhaps it is not even appropriate to use the term “hacking”, which probably more specifically appl... 

who actually has one as his personal watch. He could not see the point either of having balance wheel stop when there is no seconds hand on this model. However, he noted that the base movement for La Tradition had much upgrade module possibility and perha...