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Thank you very much, dear Thomas, for your kind comments! Regarding the Marine...

... let me quote myself from a post I made on June 8 this year:
„The Breguet La Marine timepieces carry numerous references to the nautical world, some very obvious, some needing more explanation. Just to name a few: you will find reference to a ship rudder in the movement rotors and the deployant clasps, the case uses waves as crown protectors or pushers, the moving parts of the lugs are to resemble navigation marks sitting on top of buoys, the counterweight to the central seconds hands show the letter B from the nautical flag alphabet, the 5 minute indices and some small hands on subdials refer to nautical signal flags. The one piece roman numerals, filled with luminous material, find their origin in some nautical symbolised drawings, the guilloche dials obviously show some beautiful waves, the Geneva stripes on the movements are in fact no Geneva stripes but meant to resemble boat decks.“
The Marine needs to be explained to fully understand all the relevant thoughts and references behind the design. This is something that Breguet maybe could emphasize more.
Cheers
Henrik