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amanico
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One of the most exciting Breguet watch, the Ref 3337.

Well, at least to me!



Certainly with the Tradition and the exclusive Tourbillon Messidor, one of the most exciting Breguet.

All we expect from a Breguet is here:

An undisputable elegance, with some perfect proportions.

The case is 35mm " big ", which may sound a bit small, but the aperture of the dial is so important that you have the feeling to wear a 38 mm / 39 mm watch.

The thin case, related to the retro looking lugs, is playing a very coherent partition.

The Cannelures all around the case are just the cherry on the cake.

The case is a thing, but the true " soul " of this watch is its dial...

The windows of the date, the excentred hours dial, and the moonhpase indicator are located in a sublime geometrical way.

This is not an annual calendar, as the month indicator is absent, but just a double date and a moonphase.

Look at it on the following pics, you will therefore notice that the guilloché on the moonphase window is different from the guilloché on the main dial.







The Guilloché is hand made, and achieves to give the 3337 a superb elegance and class, without forgetting the characteristic heated blue hands, of course.

This watch belongs to this category which is at the boarder of Art and Horology, in the full respect of the Breguet Tradition ( sorry for the pun, but you know what I mean ).

Depending on the color of the gold ( Yellow or white ), you will have, as for the Tradition, a quite different look.

Very traditional in Yellow Gold, a bit more modern in white gold, but in both cases , an irresistible watch!



Turn it, and you will have another surprise...

The case back is plain on the White Gold, while it has a see through sapphire on the Yellow Gold, allowing to admire the nice sculptural movement:



It is said in the catalogue that on both versions, a sapphire case back is available, so it won't prohibit the WG version for the non colored gold guys...

For those who still think that 35 mm is not big enogh for their wrist, Breguet released this year a bigger " sister " of this watch, the ref 7337.

This is the same idea, but with an excentred small second, and a bigger case : 39 mm.

I was a bit deceived by the excentred small second, but my contact at the Paris Breguet Boutique told me that it was a faithful replica of a pocket watch, which also had this excentred small second, so I'm waiting to see it in the flesh to have a more precise idea.

So, here is the pic of this new version, while waiting to see it in real:



One thing is sure...I always thought about this watch, now I seriously fell in love with...

And you?

Best,

Nicolas
This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-07-22 03:38:43 This message has been edited by SJX on 2009-07-25 08:37:11

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