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Visited the Breguet museum in Paris

Jul 30, 2022,14:37 PM

I was in Paris last week and visited the Breguet museum in Place Vendôme. For those of you who haven’t gone, it’s a great stop for Breguet lovers. The staff is very knowledgable and happy to chat about all things Breguet. Here are some of the watches that I saw. Please excuse the poor quality; the photos were taken with my iPhone and the lighting was challenging.

Reminds me of the 7787 a little.

The inspiration for the 7137

One of the first self-winding (perpétuelle) watches

Reminiscent of the 7147, but with roman numerals

Guilloché dial similar to the 5140

A souscription watch

The third tourbillon ever

Inspiration for the Tradition line

Loved the moon face on this one

One of the many dials that resembled the 7337

A 20th century perpetual calendar

A 1930s wandering hours pocket watch

A wandering hours wristwatch

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Great pictures of those classics

By: Cookies : July 30th, 2022-15:34

Could you tell me more about the Breguet museum? Is it owned by Swatch or by a collector who likes Breguet pieces?

SG Breguet

By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : July 30th, 2022-15:50

The brand

By: prachi : July 30th, 2022-15:57

Owned by the brand. There are actually three museums, though the Paris one is the original. I think Nicolas Hayak was the one who pushed hard to acquire important historical pieces and have them displayed to the public (for free). The Paris museum is abov...