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I would normally agree (no need to rehearse here the endless comments about the date window in another Breguet Classique - I used to own it). But with great respect for your expertise and taste, I disagree in this instance. Without the date window. the dial would be too empty and lack balance. In th

I appreciate the kind comments: some watches wow at the start and then less so over time: this one surprised me - I find myself wearing it often and with real pleasure.

In good company. (Will try to take better photos soon).

Thank you so much - it has come back from a servicing and I am so happy to have it on my wrist again.

Greetings all. I haven't seen much by way of reference to this watch, which remains a "go-to" for me - it just works for so many different occasions, and the platinum version has a quiet elegance, at least as I see it! A meeting of Swiss and German engineering

Whit - I very much appreciate your thoughtful and kind response.

Many thanks to you, and to others who have posted. I do take the point that elegance is not the same thing as classicism, in the sense that elegance can be found in completely unexpected forms. However, I would suggest that elegance in a wristwatch embodies a timeless aesthetic (ironically perhaps),

Elegance is of course in the eye of the beholder. For some, watches with multiple complications constitute a form of elegance. For others, elegance means a somewhat minimalist dress-watch, now somewhat back in fashion. For all of us, I imagine there can be dreams (and for the fortunate very few the

Happy to do so: The Breguet 3490 was made during the 1990s. It measures 29 by 33mm, carries a Cal.818/5 (originally by JLC perhaps, but I am not sure about that) with 21 jewels adjusted to five positions. It has all the classic Breguet features (house hands, coin-edged case, engine-turned dial). It

I hope the photo makes a modest but positive case for this largely overlooked Breguet. While modest in size, it looks "larger" on the wrist I think, and is surely deserving of the title elegant. In any event, I very much enjoy wearing it for appropriate occasions. David