We know that the Tourbillon is intimately linked to Breguet, for some good reasons... But what Tourbillon? Here is the first Tourbillon, from... 1808. Seen at the Breguet Manufacture, in 2019. Quite impressive, isn't it? Best, Nicolas
They responded with a piece unique custom build of ~$300k and chalked it up to the amount of custom work required from external suppliers 🙄 The CEO was super polite about it and responsive so I appreciated that but that is stupid. At $300k he was just was
Thanks to a fellow Purist I had the chance to acquire a pure classic which belongs to every decent watch collection imho: A Breguet Tourbillon. I like tourbillons pretty much and so there had to be one from the inventor of this complication! The classic i
A limited production of 35 pieces, the same number of tourbillon watches made during Abraham-Louis Breguet’s lifetime. A tribute to the timeless aesthetic and visionary genius of the master watchmaker. Specification: 41mm rose gold in gold, hand-engraved
Here is the entry level Classique 5177, with real hand finishing, and two internal angles. And here is the last generation Marine 5837, a tourbillon chronograph. Hand finished with internal angles. Breguet's trade off is that the anglage may be more narro
I am a noob about used and vintage. I do not look back, i look forward. I like the evolution of mechanical movements. An old principe is today almost perfect with an accuracy that can compete with quartz watches. The fresh oscillator technology push the p
" In 2006, Breguet introduced its first wristwatches with silicon balance spring and escapement. It combines the advantages and qualities of the earlier experiments. Silicon also possesses advantages of its own. Silicon is totally impervious to magnetic f