Breguet

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

You inspired me to pull out the last of my fountain pens this morning. The Girard Perregaux Tourbillon pen happens to be my favorite one of what I have left in the collection. Tony

"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains". These words are the opener to book The Social Contract, and probably the most famous words uttered by humanist philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, circa 1760. I thought it appropriate for sporting the Br

Fun night last night at Breguet Beverly Hills celebrating 217 years of Tourbillon (and the cake was great!)

The weather was overcast but a relief from the heat of recent days. While strolling through town with another couple, the husband remarked at how 90 percent of the shop offerings were targeted at women. After these shots I headed to the Tourbillon Boutiqu

Before I ask for you opinion, let me share a few pictures of the new enamel dial version of the Tourbillon extra plat, 5367. Here is the pt version. 42mm, it's quite nice And thin! Look at how nicely the 7147 goes with my casual shirt. I think I'm in love

There aren't terrible and I may warm to a version over time, but right now, ugh. The back gets rid of the guilloche rotor as well. I will say, however, that the lugs, which seem to be a point of criticism online, aren't bad at all in person. I've tried on

A quick overview on these 2 lines, unveiled this year. The Classique line, very much Breguet, with a time only and a tourbillon. The Classique Time Only is so called Extra Plate, with its 38 mm case, whose height is 5, 45 mm. Not the thinner, for sure, bu

With the Ref. 5887 , Breguet has introduced a real gem of an astronomic (or shall I better state: solar-system?) timepiece: an Équation Du Temps Marchante (or in English: a running equation-of-time complication). Such a complication is a natural complemen

Off-center dials were odd to me as well until I started looking at early Breguet designs (by A.L.Breguet himself) and you start to see that off-center minute/hour dials are very much a part of the original Breguet aesthetic. The intersecting circle of the