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A visit at the Breguet shop in Paris

Even if I go quite often to the Breguet shop place Vendome, yesterday, I decided to spend more time to have a closer look on some watches.

As always, I was perfectly welcomed by Cecilia's team and I would like to thank a lot Sebastien for his patience and the time he spent with me.

In fact, I was in front of the shop when I saw in the shop window the stunning Chronograph Classique with enamel dial & split second : it was one of the 7 pieces made for this limited edition. What a surprise !

So I decided to see it more carefully.

The first thing you can notice is the beauty of the dial...







With the last pic, you can see the very specific crown. May be this crown is a bit "too-much" but hopefully it doesn't damage the overall harmony of the watch.

What a pleasure to wear this watch !



You can discover on the back the typical finishings from Breguet on their high end watches :



Another pic of the dial. This watch has a special place in the catalogue. With its "vintage" dial, its tachymeter scale, it has an unique design in the collection.

I've rarely seen such work on enamel dials : it's busy but flawless and above all, it's not flat. I don't know how they managed to produce these hollows for the subdials.



Well, as the visit started very well, I decided to take the opportunity to see more watches.

What about a Tourbillon Messidor ?



I already knew this watch but it's always a pleasure to see its mysterious Tourbillon floating in the air...



And now, the Tourbillon 5 days. Finally, it's one of the very few Tourbillon available with an automatic movement.



Have a look at the specific power reserve indicator :



The work on the caliber is, of course, stunning. Some will think it's a bit "too much" but for me, we have to expect this type of decoration on Breguet watches.



The usual wrist-shot :





I wished to see also the non-enamel version of the Chronograph classique with split second. Because it's one of my fav chronograph of the whole industry !






The beautiful dial :





The caliber which is, of course, the same than the one of  the limited version :



What do you think about this duo ?



The WG Tradition.

The question which is always in my mind is to know which version I prefer ? The YG or the WG ?

The YG is more in the spirit of Breguet, the WG is more discrete. I don't know ! Maybe finally I prefer the WG version due to the fact I feel better the structure of the caliber : each detail is more visible for me. And the YG version is recognizable even at 50 ft.

Buth both are great watches without any doubt.



And now the question of the day. Which is your fav version of the 5140 ?

WG with a guilloché dial or YG with an enamel dial ?

Difficult isn't it ?







I love them both. Even one hour later, I wasn't able to choose the one I prefered !

The duo :





The guilloché dial is beautiful. Look at the specific guilloché on the small second area :



But the enamel dial has its charm too...



I really like this step aside small second. I really think it's a nice idea. The watch is very classic, quite large (40mm) but thanks to the small second, it has a touch of originality.

Conclusion :

It was for me a great pleasure to visit the Breguet shop. I felt that Swatch Group had given an impulse and an ambition to the brand. The novelties are interesting, the Tradition managed to give a sort of energy and now I think we can expect even more from them.

The Lemania workshop produces great calibers, maybe the time is coming for Breguet to develop its own in-house "simple" handwind or automatic caliber. Such brand has to reduce the part of Frederic Piguet calibers in its collection.

Last point, I'm happy to see that the WG from Breguet doesn't have rhodium plating anymore.

Thanks a lot for having read my small report !



Fr.Xavier