Guilloché in the morning: Breguet Classique 5967 'Art Deco Damier'

Jul 03, 2024,17:14 PM
 

I never tire of the guilloché work on this dial, enhanced, I think, by the relatively large (41 mm), extra-flat case, 2-hand layout, and narrow bezel. 


Watch by Breguet, Classique, 5967



Released in 2009, I think, and while I don't think it was a limited edition, it wasn't in production for very long. I suppose some might turn their noses up at a "classical dress watch" of this diameter, but 1) the movement completely fills the case, and 2) I don't know that the proportions would work on anything much smaller.






Watch by Breguet, Classique, 5967

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Such a cool large Breguet, Modernahab!

 
By: bruckner4 : July 3rd, 2024-17:55
On my Breguet list. Puts me in the mind of Amish tumbling blocks.
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Thanks!

 
By: Modernahab : July 3rd, 2024-20:36
Funny, because I am not a big guy. (5’7”, 150 lbs.) I do have a 7” wrist, and quite flat, so I seem to do OK with watches much bigger than this: Portugieser Perpetual Calendar, GO Senator Cosmopolite, A & S Time Pyramid (all +/-44 mm). A full-size Radiomi... 
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Very nice

 
By: xto : July 3rd, 2024-23:44
Great not to have a filler around the movement It’s in the data I’ve Ben collecting - looks like it came in yellow or white gold and is the only reference using that movement
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Holy…!

 
By: Esharp : July 4th, 2024-03:32
I wasn’t prepared to see a large, classical, hand-wound movement - I was expecting to see one of the smaller automatics based off the F Piguet Cal 71, with the slightly-eccentric rotor. The movement takes this from “nice” to “ooooooooh!”. Enjoy!!! Best E.... 
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