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AMERICA'S NO. 1 WATCH MAGAZINE BreguetNews and reviews for Breguet watches as well as Breguet watch price information for timepieces such as the Breguet Classique Hora Mundi. Breguet Type XXII 3880 in Rose GoldMay 23, 2013 By 1 Comment  Among Breguet's offerings at Baselworld 2013 — and perhaps overlooked in the wake of such haute horlogerie pieces as the Classic Chronométrie and Classique La Musicale, was a new version of its luxuriously styled Type XXII pilots' watch with a handsome brown dial and 18k rose gold case. The Breguet Type XXII 3880, which was previously available only in a stainless steel case, contains a … [Read more...] Watch Insider: My Top 10 Watches from Baselworld 2013May 19, 2013 By 1 Comment  The Baselworld 2013 watch fair has come to and end, and now, having seen and covered dozens of new watches on my blog, Watch-Insider.com, my colleagues at WatchTime have asked me to name my favorite new timepieces from this year's show. Click here to see my top 10 watches from the most well-established brands. … [Read more...] Baselworld 2013 Day Three: Breguet, Jaquet Droz, Girard-Perregaux, HermèsApril 28, 2013 By 1 Comment  Day Three at the Baselworld watch fair was packed, as my WatchTime editorial colleagues and I visited a slew of big-name watch brands and had the opportunity to check out their latest offerings for 2013, including horological milestones from Breguet and Girard-Perregaux. … [Read more...] Vintage Breguet Timepieces On Display at New York’s Frick Collection (Video)April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment  New York City's Frick Collection, the art museum founded by Henry Clay Frick, is hosting an exhibition of historic timepieces, sponsored by luxury watch brand Montres Breguet and featuring several clocks and pocketwatches created by its namesake, legendary horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet and his son Antoine-Louis Breguet. … [Read more...] Video: Baume & Mercier Capeland Flyback ChronographApril 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment  For 2011 the 180-year-old brand is launching a new chronograph in its Capeland line. The 44mm case, available in steel or 18K red gold, houses a La Joux-Perret automatic bi-compax chronograph movement with flyback and date. The dial offers a distinctly vintage appeal with telemeter and tachymeter scales. Blued or gilt Breguet hands complete the retro look. Click here for photos of the Capeland … [Read more...] Watch Insider Previews 8 Brands of BaselWorld 2013March 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment  At watch-insider.com, Alexander Linz gives us a preview of several watches to keep an eye on at this year's upcoming Baselworld watch fair. Linz highlights pre-Basel releases from eight brands, including Breguet's “Type XXII” 10 Hz-chronograph and Omega's new additions to its Ladymatic collection (which we featured on watchtime.com), along with new models from Chopard, Alpina, Zenith, and … [Read more...] Watch Wallpaper: 10 Skeleton WatchesFebruary 22, 2013 By 1 Comment  Growing fascination with the inner workings of mechanical watches has sparked a boom in skeletonized looks. Click here to download wallpaper images of skeleton watches from Breguet, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget and more of the watches showcased in our feature, "The Inside Story," from the upcoming March-April issue of WatchTime. … [Read more...] Five New Breguet Clocks at Carnegie HallFebruary 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment  After becoming the first-ever "exclusive timepiece" of New York's Carnegie Hall with the installation of a tourbillon clock there, Breguet has installed five additional specialty clocks throughout the premises of the building — four in Breguet's Classique style and one in the Reine de Naples style. The first Breguet clock installed at Carnegie Hall, located in the Morse Lobby of Stern … [Read more...] Watch Wallpaper: A Cavalcade of CalendarsDecember 21, 2012 By 1 Comment  It's the holiday season, the time for giving and receiving gifts — and accumulating next year's calendars for your home and office walls. How about some great horological calendars to decorate your desktop? Click here to download beautiful images of calendar timepieces from some of the top haute horlogerie watch brands. … [Read more...] Breguet Brings Guilloché to Art Basel MiamiDecember 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Breguet joined in on last week's festivities at Art Basel in Miami, where other brands, including Girard-Perregaux and Roger Dubuis, celebrated the arts and watchmaking. Breguet brought the ancient art of guilloché to Miami Beach for the citywide event. From December 6th to the 9th, Breguet took part in AD Oasis at the Raleigh Hotel to celebrate innovators and designers in lifestyle … [Read more...] Blancpain Villeret Squelette 8 JoursDecember 5, 2012 By 2 Comments  Skeleton watches continue to be hot items for collectors, and Blancpain's Squelette 8 Jours (Ref. 6633-1500-55B), from the brand's elegant Villeret collection, offers one of the most intricately executed openworked movements on the market. The manufacture movement on display through the front and back sapphire crystals is the manual-wind Calibre 1333SQ, which is equipped with a titanium balance, a … [Read more...] Mountain Climbing: Montblanc’s Journey to Haute HorlogerieDecember 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment  In this profile piece from WatchTime's January-February 2009 issue, executive editor Norma Buchanan reveals how Montblanc, a brand best known for pens, entered the heady world of haute horlogerie, and explores the brand's ultra-complicated Grand Tourbillon Heures Mystérieuses. … [Read more...] Breguet Classique Chronométrie Ref. 7727November 2, 2012 By 1 Comment  Improving mechanical-timekeeping precision is one of Breguet’s chief objectives, says brand CEO Marc Hayek. The Classique Chronométrie Reference 7727 incorporates three features designed to accomplish that. The first is a 10 Hz, or 72,000 vph, oscillator. Breguet introduced its first 10 Hz movement in 2010 in the Type XXII chronograph. The new 7727 is the first non-chronograph with a 10 Hz … [Read more...] SIHH 2013 Preview: Ralph Lauren Sporting World TimeOctober 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment  The 2013 Salon International de Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), in which many luxury watch brands introduce their new models for the year, doesn’t take place until late January, but one of those brands, Ralph Lauren, has offered us a preview of one of those new watches, called the Sporting World Time. … [Read more...] Breguet at the Wynn Las VegasOctober 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Breguet has joined with Wynn & Company Watches at the Wynn Las Vegas to open a Breguet boutique at the new watch store. A private cocktail reception was held on October 18th to celebrate its launch. The Breguet salon features the brand's design concept of "elegance," with the dominant color being walnut brown and the pearly glass walls inspired by Breguet's guilloche arabesque decorations of … [Read more...] Breguet Unveils New Reine de Naples Anniversary Edition on Isle of CapriOctober 22, 2012 By 2 Comments  It's been a big year for Breguet. Not only did the company kick off its sponsorship of Carnegie Hall with a brand-new tourbillon clock, it also celebrated, around the same time, the 200th anniversary of the wristwatch — an invention of brand namesake Abraham-Louis Breguet — with a preview of a complicated haute joallerie watch at an event on the Isle of Capri in the Gulf of Naples. … [Read more...] Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7October 11, 2012 By 1 Comment  No, that's not a typo... the name of Longines's newest pilot-inspired timepiece is apparently an amalgam of "aviation" and "navigation." It's a fitting name for a very unconventional watch, one whose large-cased, angled-dial design is based on aviators' watches from the early 20th century. The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7's retro look is based on watches developed by Longines during the … [Read more...] Breguet Tourbillon Clock Installed at Carnegie HallOctober 5, 2012 By 1 Comment  On Wednesday evening, Breguet kicked off its new sponsorship of New York's Carnegie Hall, starting with the 2012-2013 season, with a grand gesture: the unveiling of a specially crafted Breguet tourbillon clock in Carnegie Hall's Morse Lobby. … [Read more...] Grieb & Benzinger Presents Unique “Blue Whirlwind” Tourbillon Minute RepeaterSeptember 26, 2012 By 1 Comment  The German watch firm Grieb & Benzinger, known for its one-of-a-kind skeletonized watches with intricate guilloché embellishments, has released its latest, called Blue Whirlwind, a skeletonized tourbillon minute repeater based on a rare Patek Philippe caliber. … [Read more...] “Inside Basel-Geneva” Tour Kicks Off in ChicagoSeptember 17, 2012 By 2 Comments  The 2012 edition of WatchTime's popular "Inside Basel-Geneva" collectors' events opened up in grand fashion last week, with the first of this year's series taking place at the luxurious Union League Club of Chicago. Click here for more details and a slideshow of photos from the evening. … [Read more...] WATCHTIME BLOG “Superman” Henry Cavill Wears Omega at “Man of Steel” Movie PremiereHenry Cavill, star of the blockbuster new Superman movie, "Man of Steel," was seen wearing an Omega watch at the film's UK premiere. Cavill, the latest actor to play Superman and … [Read More...] WATCHTIME MAGAZINECONNECT WITH WATCHTIME
WATCH TO WATCH Patek Philippe Ref. 5200 Gondolo 8 Days, Day & Date IndicationAmong Patek Philippe's new product releases at Baselworld 2013 was a timepiece aimed squarely at aficionados of classical, hand-wound watches: the Ref. 5200 Gondolo 8 Days, Day and Date Indication, which features the Gondolo … [Read More...] More Watches To WatchFACETIME PHOTOS Facetime June 15Welcome to another installment of Facetime! Thanks to Matthew Marcus, Jason Stanford, and Hamed Abbas for the great pictures! As … [Read More...] WATCH WALLPAPER Watch Wallpaper: A. Lange & Söhne Watches in Basic BlackLike many luxury watch brands, Germany's A. Lange & Söhne has embraced the all-black color scheme as a sleek, elegant look for several of its timepieces. Click here to find downloadable wallpaper … [Read More...] WATCHTIME MAGAZINECONNECT WITH WATCHTIME
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