Ornatus-Mundi
[Zenith]
7136
Totally different movements...
yours is a more recent twin-barrel movement based upon the Frédéric Piguet 1150 family of calibers, which in their standard configuration have a power reserve between 70 (Breguet, Vacheron, Jaquet-Droz, others) and 100h (Blancpain only). Here a Blancpain version:
The movement in the Breguet shown by the OP is a based upon the Frédéric Piguet 95 family. Its much smaller, has only one barrel and, as others have said, about 40h of power reserve. Here is an image of one such movement as used by Blancpain, with a calendar module on top (and thus with a large movement holder ring). Attention, this is a movement used for training purposes, thus its finish might be a bit ruff and scruffed:
I'd like to provide a bit more detail on this movement:
Its a movement developed by Edmond Capt (then director of FP) and André Othenin-Girard in 1983 as an automatic ultra-plat 9" movement (diameter 20.4mm). It comes with a height of only 3.25mm. The movement is composed of 174 hand-finished parts, amongst them 19 rubies. It beats at 21.600 bph and features a quick-set date. It is tiny in its dimensions, but great in terms of reliability and precision. The fact that e.g. Blancpain used it even with full or perpetual calendar module attests to its versatility.
The Cal. 95 has an important place in watchmaking history: it was one of the early movements during early 1980s when it spurred the resurrection of the fine automatic watch.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Magnus
Breguet novice - help requested please
Hi all, I'm looking to buy this watch for my wife on our anniversary, but I've never purchased a pre-owned piece before and I don't have much knowledge of Breguet. The piece is for sale from a respectable antique jeweller, so I don't doubt its authenticit...
Model ref 8290
The case back's engraving indicates that it is a watch reference 8290, which uses calibre 552. Power reserve is 40 hours. Likely dating from the 1990s.
I own the current model in SS
The Breguet has F. Piguet 1150. Mine is 65 hrs power reserve, this one should have about 70 hours. Why? Mine has a stylized nautilus shaped rotor which reduces by ~7% from the base movement performance with a Full rotor like the one you are showing (they ...
Totally different movements...
yours is a more recent twin-barrel movement based upon the Frédéric Piguet 1150 family of calibers, which in their standard configuration have a power reserve between 70 (Breguet, Vacheron, Jaquet-Droz, others) and 100h (Blancpain only). Here a Blancpain ...