Breguet

Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch and was founded in 1775. Today, Breguet is owned by the Swatch Group (Blancpain, Harry Winston, Omega, Longines, Swatch) and is one of the most historical manufacturers. Breguet has been credited with numerous inventions, such as the 1810 Breguet wrist watch as the world’s first such product, and Abraham-Louis Breguet’s invention of the tourbillon.

The Breguet hands are the blue pomme hands only found on Breguet watches. Many celebrities, sports stars and explorers favor Breguet watches over other brands. Notably features of a Breguet watch are coin-edge case, guilloché dial and sometimes the most difficult complications of watchmaking.

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On Time, Off-Center: Five Watches With Asymmetrical Time Displays

Most watches, even those equipped with numerous complications, still place the primary timekeeping indications — hours, minutes, and seconds — in the center of their dials and strive for symmetry in their overall design. Here are a handful of timepieces that do it differently. A. LANGE & SÖHNE LANGE 1 No listing of timepieces with...

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Jun 11, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: The SEVENFRIDAY S2/01 Reimagines the Valve

The SEVENFRIDAY S2/01 is the Industrial Revolution-inspired offspring of the well-tested S-Series. The S-Series features the Zurich-based brand’s iconic square shape with rounded edges and the S2/01 is a tribute to early-20th-century Industrial Revolution icons. The S-Series trilogy was unveiled during Spring 2017 and the S2/01 will only be available worldwide, fresh from the press,...

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May 21, 2021 by WatchTime

The Next Wave: Breguet Refreshes Marine Collection with Three New Watches

After a relatively quiet first half of 2021, Breguet this month is aiming to rejoin the watch-world conversation by refocusing on its nautical-inspired Marine collection and introducing three new timepieces. The new watches, which include the rose-gold Marine 5517, blue-dial Marine Chronographe 5527, and Marine Alarme Musicale 5547, represent the first update to the series...

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Jun 7, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Wake-Up Call: Five Watches With Mechanical Alarms

They’re not as sexy as tourbillons or as impressively complicated as perpetual calendars, but mechanical alarm watches possess one of the more useful complications for a weary traveler or an overworked executive needing a reminder about that big board meeting. In a way, it’s curious that more watch brands haven’t embraced them. Here are five that are on the market now.

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May 19, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Rarefied Air: The History of the Breguet Type XX Collection

The Breguet family revolutionized watchmaking in the 19th century and aviation in the 20th. The modern Type XX collection is the culmination of its multi-generational savoir faire in both fields. We explore the history of this storied watch model in this feature from our July-August 2020 issue.

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Mar 22, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

A Brief History of the Mechanical Watch’s Fight Against Magnetism

From our sister website, WatchTime Middle East, a look at how watchmaking has countered the threat of magnetism over the years, from using metals like palladium in 1915 to silicon in 2015. Magnetism has been the mechanical timekeeping’s nemesis through the years. It is to the mechanical watch what Prof. Moriarty is to Sherlock Holmes. Though the...

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Mar 16, 2021 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Progress Through Technology: 10 Tourbillon Watches with High-Tech Designs

Audi’s "progress through technology" motto also applies to the importance of the tourbillon for watch design, because this eye-catching complication greatly enhances a timepiece’s visual appeal. From our Special Design Issue, here are 10 highly technical tourbillon watches.

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Mar 12, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

FEATURE

How Green is My Watch? How Watch Brands Are Embracing Sustainability

Sustainability is the topic of the hour. But how committed is the watch industry to ethical and ecological responsibility? We explore several interesting solutions in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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Jan 11, 2021 by Maria-Bettina Eich

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Tantalizing Tourbillon Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WatchTime’s Holiday Gift Guide for the Watch-Collecting Renaissance Man

The holidays are close, and while a new watch or two (or three or four) might be on the minds and lists of many WatchTime readers, most of us are also interested in other accessories of the good life outside of watches proper. Over the course of the year, we have come across a number...

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Dec 21, 2020 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime Live 2020: Breguet Tradition Quantième Retrograde 7597

Established in 2005, Breguet’s Tradition collection pays tribute to the one-handed “subscription” pocketwatches invented by founder Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1796, and their successors, the so-called “tact” watches, by placing major movement components on top of the mainplate alongside an off-centered subdial. The newest addition to the collection, the Tradition Quantième Retrograde 7597, will be featured...

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Oct 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Back to the Foundation: Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 Quai de L’Horloge

Who says you can't go home again? Breguet, the haute horlogerie timepiece manufacturer founded by visionary 18th-century watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, has built much of its modern collection upon its namesake's historical invention, the tourbillon. The newest of them pays the most direct tribute yet to the founder and to the Parisian atelier where he created his early masterpieces.

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Sep 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Heritage Revisited: Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 and Tradition 7038

Established in 2005, Breguet’s Tradition collection pays tribute to the one-handed “subscription” pocketwatches invented by founder Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1796, and their successors, the so-called “tact” watches, by placing major movement components on top of the mainplate alongside an off-centered subdial. As part of its new offerings for 2020, Breguet has unveiled two new timepieces...

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Jul 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Golden Voyagers: Breguet Sets Sail With New Marine Models On Gold Bracelets

Breguet rolled out a major revamp of its maritime-influenced sport-luxury Marine collection in 2018 and has been adding colorways and materials to it ever since. The latest evolution of the Marine family, which takes its inspiration from the marine chronometers invented by brand founder Abraham-Louis Breguet in the 18th Century for the French Royal Navy,...

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Jun 12, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Back to the Sea: Exploring the Breguet Marine Collection

In 2018, Breguet decided to focus almost entirely on building out its Marine collection, which also included the support of an initiative for the preservation of the ocean worldwide. We had the opportunity to briefly set sail with the new collection.

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May 19, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

TIME-OUT FROM PANDEMIC COVERAGE

Glued to the TV News? Here are the Watches Launched in March You May Have Missed

We know… the current worldwide health and economic crisis and the wall-to-wall media coverage of it has many of us a bit distracted to think much about our beloved wristwatches. Good news from the watch industry, not to mention new product releases, seem few and far between in this unprecedented year in which major trade...

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Apr 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Breguet Unveils Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887

Breguet, best known for its exquisite haute horologerie and storied history, has added to its list of 2020 releases a new colorway for its Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 watch. This is the first update to the 5887 design since the design’s initial release in 2017, which included a rose-gold case/silver-dial model as well as...

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Mar 28, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Breguet Updates Classique Collection with Two New Colorways

Last week, haute horologerie watchmaker Breguet unveiled the first of its 2020 releases, which include updates to the traditional-focused Classique collection. The updates include two new colorways for its 7337 and 7137 references, one with a new white-gold case and “Breguet” blue dial option, the other with a rose-gold case and silver dial combination. Like...

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Mar 24, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Breguet Introduces Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367 in Blue Enamel

The tourbillon specialists at Montres Breguet have ushered in 2020 with the latest version of the maison's elegant, slender-cased Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367, adding a rich blue grand feu enamel dial to the ensemble and housing the self-winding, ultra-thin tourbillon caliber in a platinum case.

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Feb 18, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

2019: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

10 Noteworthy Tourbillons That Took Our Breath Away in 2019

As we approach the end of 2019 and prepare for 2020 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at 10 watches from 2019 that...

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Dec 26, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Watches, Whiskeys, and Wine: Seven Pairings for the Holidays

As the holidays approach, it’s the perfect time to drink a toast to 2019 and count down to 2020. What better way to do both than by matching up some new and exciting libations with some of the year’s most exceptional timepieces? Here are seven spirited pairings to entice both your palate and your wrist....

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Dec 19, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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