Breguet

This message has been edited by SJX on 2009-04-30 06:51:58

... Congratulations!!!! A super photo essay and a real beauty of a watch and a box!!!!
Thanks SJX!!!!
Tassos
This message has been edited by Tassos on 2009-04-30 08:31:07

Nice view of the tourbillon and the fusee chain.  39mm?

Thanks for the great pics SJX.

Diameter is 41mm and height is approximately 16mm due to the domed crystal. It is a large watch.

- SJX

Wow!  Looks like this is the 1st tourbillon on my wish list now.

Thanks for the great pics SJX!

Cheers,
Anthony

 

...the - needed - bulbous crystal... Needed due to the height of the mechanism of chain ensemble, which is needed for constant force... If it was just a little thinner I would start saving now,,, Only on the profile images it can be really shown...

.. once you get used to the bulb crystal you can really love this watch ... but i think i'd prefer the traditional 'La Tradition' anyway ... . Cheers, Filip

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If they could thin out the movement and have a flat crystal it would be perfection.

nt

This watch is surprisingly beautiful and ironically not much more expensive than a normal Breguet tourbillon without the chain and fusee.

In a superficial comparison to the Richard Lange Pour le'Merite chain and fusee, this watch's chain seems a bit more crude (for lack of a better word) as the links of the chain seem to be bigger and more spread apart than the finer links of the Lange chain and fusee; the cone of the fusee also seems to be bigger in size compared to the more delicate Lange fusee cone. This however does not detract from the watch in the least. An amusing analogy; usually the French are considered to be more delicate than the Germans, but from the superficial glance, the German Lange & Sohne watch seem to command the lighter touch this time.

I think this watch will look its best in the yellow gold model. It utterly pays homage to tradition in the yellow gold variant.

Patrick,

You may be right on the observations about the French and Germans but the Swiss are as rough as brick xxxhouses.......  

So, very in keeping with La Tradition, then.

 

Regards,

MTF

They span in both directions. The best finishing with the smallest work, to the roughest work.

It looks like im going to have to sell my other Breguets to finance this one.....................This is Stunning, but i cannot afford it....shame.................I love it.........

Stunning !!!!

and great photos
cheers

Hi JX,

Thanks for the photos. Quite a looker by Breguet. Looks raw and old, indeed Traditione style...

 

 

 

Regards

rich I guess . Nice pictures, but I prefer Lumiere

cen@jkt

La Tradition is not one of my favorite Breguets, since the dial is so small,
but this tourbillon is killing.
Geo

Thank you : it's a pleasure to discover the details of this great watch.

But I would be scared to wear it because of this bulbous and totally unprotected crystal...

The wooden box is very original !

Emmanuel

It's really nice to see that the production version of the Tradition Tourbillon is finally out. The first thing I noticed is that somehow the watch appeared to be less thick to me than the prototypes; the doomed crystal seems to be more refined and rounded. This is probably just a visual illusion but at least from the photos it's obvious that the overall level of finish is what you would expect from Breguet.

I'm a bit surprised by how small the balance spring is relatively to the large cage; one of the things I really adore about my Tradition is that you can see the Breguet sprial "breathe" (for the lack of better words) when the watch is running. At some angles it appears as if this watch doesn't even have a balance spring at all (like the third photo from the top), and I think it will be nice if one can see the balance spring in action when the cage is rotating. I can be wrong but I'm assuming that the balance is made out of titanium (judging from its color) and perhaps the entire cage as well hence only the sides are polished? The linear escapement arrangement looks pretty interesting though; something new?

Overall I think this is another masterpiece coming from Breguet since the launch of the Tradition series. The real highlight of this watch to me is the fusse and chain mechanism that's visible on the dial, even more so than the Tourbillon. Due to its thickness and high price this is probably not the most sensible daily choice, but it's certainly one of the most original Tourbillons in years IMHO. Thanks again for sharing the photos and I really look forward to seeing it in person soon.

Cheers,

Roger

over-sized balance wheel and the chain fusee.  I am not sure about the overall design, but it does have a proportion about it that makes it beautiful.  Great watch.  Thanks for the photos.

Andrew H

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of an awesome watch. I just hope that Breguet does NOT bastardize this superb specimen by coming up with a WG variant somewhere down the road. This one looks right at home as is, a REAL THOROUGHBRED by Breguet.

Thanks for sharing...

Hi JX

Thanks again for the amazing shots. Do you know what's it's retailing for?

 

Gerard Chee

SGD250,000.

- SJX

is the winding system bridge. The same feeling, unfortunately for the same bridge in La Tradition watch which I appreciate as one of the best modern wristwatches. My vision is here - that is virtual modification.

The style of Breguet's movements of 'Montre de souscription' asks for pure geometric shape of bridges, and my taste give me the answer.

Here it is. Waiting for comments.

Alexey