I saw the recent posts of our dear Quattro presenting the Souscription piece and decided to go and have a look on my own to see it together with the whole 250th Anniversary collection of Breguet. I won't repeat all the insightful information shared in Qua
Abraham Breguet is often mentioned as being a member of the French Academy (1816), the Bureau of Longitude (1814) and the Legion of Honor (1819); often neglected is Breguet's membership in the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale (SEIN) ; ma
You know hinged case backs, but what about a hinged front? And an exquisite one. But it is even nicer when you open it... That's what I call a nice looking and well thought tourbillon. The package... It was issued in 2001, in white gold and in rose gold.
Breguet certainly is one of these magic names of the watch industry. We all have these old ads in mind, featuring some famous clients of the brand, such as Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Churchill, just to name a few. We are many to have some models in mind,
Please allow me, for once, to call it by its reference, not by its name, because I never understood how you can call a Tourbillon a Complication, even less a Grande Complication, so do we go for 1801? 1801 is a much better reference name, since this watch
Two days ago it was 272 years since the birthday of one of the best if not by many the best watchmaker of all times. Yes the Abraham-Luis Breguet. Born in Neuchatel, made his fame and died in Paris. The list of his achievements is truly amazing. Yes the t
Moderator Patrick_y visits the Breguet Exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco. Breguet assembled over 70 pieces of rich horological history that celebrates the brand's illustrious image as one of the original watchmakers for world leaders.
Yesterday Friday June 26th, I attended the Tourbillon Day event at the Breguet Boutique in Beverly Hills. It's unusual for an event to occur on a Friday at 5pm since people are starting to get off work or heading out of town for the weekend, but this past
BREGUET TRADITION RÉPÉTITION MINUTES TOURBILLON 7087 The minute-repeater stands alone, even among the more coveted horological complications. Indeed, the transmutation of the passage of time into a series of crystalline notes takes on a poetic aspect and