VMM
5636
Outstanding watch, love it.
Mar 03, 2020,09:30 AM
I really like the dial layout.
Looking great for a eighty years old grandpa.
Vte
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Breguet 2516, the first perpetual calendar wrist watch ever made?
By: amanico : March 3rd, 2020-08:38
According to Breguet archives, this watch has been made in 1929 and sold a few years after, in 1934, to a big fan of the brand. Here you have a 39 x 26 mm white gold Tonneau case. The dial is made in silver, with its unmistakable Breguet hands and hours m...
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By: amanico : March 3rd, 2020-09:24
Outstanding watch, love it.
By: VMM : March 3rd, 2020-09:30
I really like the dial layout. Looking great for a eighty years old grandpa. Vte
Unbelievable...
By: MTR : March 3rd, 2020-09:48
that this watch has been manufactured in 1929!!! It is so timeless. You could easily wear it today. Best Thomas
A testament to Breguet's everlasting aesthetic.
By: vitalsigns : March 3rd, 2020-09:52
The watch could have been made and marketed even today, and would be easily identifiable as a Breguet. And going backwards, we see that virtually all modern day Breguets could have come from decades ago as well. Breguet is one of the very best at maintain...
My God, what a beautiful watch!
By: Chromatic Fugue : March 3rd, 2020-10:43
My only disappointment on reading your post was to discover that it's not in current production!
Thank you for sharing.
By: Wojo : March 3rd, 2020-11:26
What an absolutely beautiful piece. The very epitome of class. As others have said, it belongs in every decade since it was designed until now. I wish they would release it again. Thank you, Wojo
Amazing piece
By: toxly347 : March 3rd, 2020-11:57
Visionary design. Do you have any information as to why it took so long from manufacture to actual purchase? Thank you for posting this superb watch.
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By: toxly347 : March 4th, 2020-11:23
.. very good 🤣🤣
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By: amanico : March 4th, 2020-13:44
An absolutely magnificent watch...
By: oliver.mellors : March 4th, 2020-15:42
...but not the first perpetual calendar wristwatch. That honor belongs to Patek #97975, originally made as a ladies' pendant watch that went unsold, and was re-cased in 1925 as a wristwatch and sold in 1927.