Results for Breguet Numerals

Baselworld 2015: Breguet Tradition Répétition Minutes Tourbillon 7087

Of all the watches covered thus far, this Breguet is arguably the most impressive innovation in Minute Repeater history, to make it to Baselworld 2015.

Baselworld 2015: Breguet Tradition Chronographe Indépendant 7077

Breguet has fitted its new Tradition Chronographe Indépendant 7077 model with two independent trains. This piece is truly innovative and bears the trademark of Breguet's impressive technical expertise.

Pre-Basel 2015: Breguet Introduces Tradition Automatique Seconde Rétrograde Ref. 7097

Breguet’s claims to fame are many, to put it mildly –his list of firsts, and improvements on the designs of others, is one of the longest in the entire history of horology (his work on and experiments with escapements alone would keep a bevy of grad students in horological history busy for years, if there […]

Pre Baselworld 2015: Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Rètrograde 7097

Pre Baselworld 2015 release from Breguet

BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-plat Automatique

BaselWorld 2014: Belles of the Fair: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-plat Automatique

Brief Impressions Review: Breguet Reine de Naples

review Breguet reine de naples queen of naples jewellery watch

Milestones: Two Centuries, Two Breguet Tourbillon Pocket Watches

On November 11th we were lucky enough to attend the opening of the exhibition, “Breguet The Innovator: Inventor Of The Tourbillon,” (which ran from November 11-17 at the 5th Avenue boutique in New York) –a traveling round up of Breguet tourbillons that included virtually every modern tourbillon the company makes today, as well as a […]

Birth Of A Masterpiece: A Look At The Original Archives Record Of The Breguet “Queen Of Naples”

The story is well known:  in 1812, Caroline Murat, the Queen of Naples and the sister of Emperor Napoleon I, received a watch made for her by Breguet in his Paris workshops. The watch was an unusual and historically important one in many respects  –it was a small but quite complicated watch, in an oblong […]

The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Thin Automatic 5377

Breguet has introduced what is currently –as far as we have been able to determine –the world’s thinnest self-winding tourbillon.  The Classique Tourbillon Extra Thin Automatic Ref. 5377 is overall only 7mm thick –and the movement, Breguet calibre 581DR, is a mere 3mm thin. In 1801, Abraham Breguet received a patent for an invention he’d […]

Art of Breguet: The magnificent dials

Abraham Louis Breguet is the father of modern watchmaking…almost all the timekeeping innovations have been either invented, worked on, or perfected by this great man himself. Today, the Breguet company, under the mighty Swatch Group continues in this tradition. I am very partial to their dial design and execution, which to me is the bestRead More

Breguet Double Tourbillon

When Breguet announced the Double Tourbillon in , I was skeptical. Skeptical because it sounded more like a showoff watch than one which has true horological significance and beauty. But recently, I was reacquainted with the 5347, and came away quite impressed. Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon Ref. 5347 The watch features a double tourbillon, eachRead More

Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon with Fusee Chain

Breguet’s 2010 novelties include a WG version of the La Tradition Tourbillon with fusee chain. As usual, clicking on the image will bring up a 1920 x 1080 screensaver. Detail of the fusee. Detail of the tourbillon Closeup of the movement

Breguet Classique Chronométrie Ref. 7727: The World’s Most Accurate Mechanical Watch?

Abraham-Louis Breguet: The Founder of Modern Horology

Revolution Awards 2025: Best Concept Watch - Breguet Expérimentale 1

The Revolutionary List: 24 Technically Brilliant Watches – the Breguet Expérimentale 1

The Revolutionary List: 24 Technically Brilliant Watches – Breguet Classique Chronométrie 7727

The Revolutionary List: 30 Pioneering Watches – the Breguet Tradition Seconde Rétrograde 7035

Writing the Future: Breguet Launches the Expérimentale 1

Breguet Rounds Out Its 250th Anniversary with the new Grande Sonnerie 1905 and Minute Repeater 7365

Breaking News – The Breguet Classique Souscription 2025 Wins the GPHG 2025 Aiguille d’Or (And All Prize Winners)

The 2025 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève has just unveiled the grand winner of this year’s awards ceremony, and the winner is a watch with a lot of sense. Often regarded as the Oscars of Watchmaking, the GPHG stands for a celebration of all things surrounding watchmaking. The jury has narrowed down […]

The Breguet Tradition: A Modern Interpretation of 18th-Century Watchmaking

Breguet Unveils the Classique 7225 with a Magnetic-Pivot 10 Hz Balance and the Phase de Lune 7235

Breguet Marks 250 Years with the Marine Hora Mundi 5555

Breguet Marks 250 Years With New Boutique At ION Orchard, Singapore

SJX Podcast: Urban Jürgensen’s Revival, Breguet’s Birthday, and Spring Auctions

SJX and Brandon Moore kick off episode seven of the SJX Podcast with the relaunch of Urban Jürgensen (which includes a tribute to Derek Pratt’s Oval pocket watch), discussing why this time might be different. Also on the docket is a recap of the spring auction season, which included strong prices for hot names in independent watchmaking, though other “indies” waned, surprising showings from hitherto esoteric clocks and pocket watches, and some value buys with out-of-vogue timepieces. Lastly, we recap Breguet’s 250th anniversary launches so far, which have met with a mixed reception, but demonstrate signs of life for a historic brand. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.  

Hands-on – Up Close and Personal with the 38mm Breguet Type XX Chronograph 2075

If you’re a returning reader of MONOCHROME or have been watching our video reviews on YouTube, you probably know that we tend to remain fairly neutral. Why? Because we believe you are wise enough to make your own judgement… But today, I’ll be a little biased, to say the least. After all, all the team members are […]

Breguet Introduces the Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255

A Closer Look: Breguet Type XX Chronograph “250th Anniversary”

Insight: The Overcoil Hairspring, From Breguet to Phillips

While the invention of the spiral hairspring by Christiaan Huygens in 1675 kickstarted a revolution in terms of portable precision timekeeping, the concept was far from fully developed. It was arguably only with the later invention of the overcoil hairspring that the ideal oscillator in portable watches emerged. For many years horologists - theoreticians and artisans alike - worked to perfect the balance-hairspring assembly to optimise its performance, notably in terms of isochronism. True isochronism became a sort of holy grail for watchmakers all around the world, who all sought to ameliorate the inherent quirks of the sprung oscillator. The recent Breguet Soucription features an overcoil hairspring of non-magnetic Nivachron alloy The need for end curves The quest for isochronism was a true challenge for horologists. Isochronism is the ability of the balance-hairspring assembly the have the same period of oscillation for small and large amplitudes alike. In other words, the balance oscillation takes the same period of time regardless of the degree travelled. This is very important, since a balance usually swings with high amplitude with a fully wound mainspring and then runs at progressively smaller amplitude as the barrel unwinds. As a timepiece is required to keep good time regardless of  its winding state, an oscillator whose period is independent from its amplitude is needed. (Another solution to this is to optimise the energy delivery from the mainspring with a...