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Breguet Marine GMT 5857

Published by in Breguet on May 20th, 2012 | No Comments »

Another beautiful Breguet (is there any other thing?).

The Marine GMT is a 42mm piece, in 18kt rose gold. It has a sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back and water resistance to 100 meters.

Movement is the automatic in-house caliber 517F.  This has 28 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 72 hours.

The dial is 18kt gold coated in blackened rhodium and engine-turned by hand (I think that makes sense!)  in a wave pattern.

Each piece is individually numbered and signed Breguet.

It is also available in steel with a silvered dial.

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Breguet, CNN And Leonardo da Vinci

Published by in Breguet, Events, News on November 12th, 2011 | No Comments »

[Press Release] Breguet will be sponsoring CNN on both its TV channel and its website for a theme week starting November 7th 2011 and entirely devoted to Leonardo da Vinci.

This exceptional coverage will reveal to the entire world the artist’s last masterpiece,Salvator Mundi, the recently rediscovered painting that will be on show at the National Gallery in London from November 9th 2011 to February 5th 2012.

Breguet has been supporting art and culture for many years through various patronage activities such as those on behalf of the Château de Versailles in the restoration of the Marie-Antoinette’s favourite Petit Trianon domain , as well as endeavours undertaken in cooperation with the Louvre, the New York Philharmonic, and the Ermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

The watch brand is thus delighted to be associating with CNN for this major project focusing on the most important artistic discovery of the past 200 years.

This painting entitled Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) and dating from the early 16th century depicts a figure of Christ holding a transparent orb in one hand and giving his blessing with the other.

The CNN theme week presents this work in great detail and retraces the various stages in its discover and its restoration, thereby turning the spotlight on the stunning work and skill of the Renaissance genius.

The link between this theme week devoted to Leonardo da Vinci and the watch company lies in a model within the Breguet collection; in 2010, Breguet presented one of its new creations, the Tradition Tourbillon 7047PT model incorporating a fusee and chain device serving to provide a constant supply of energy to the balance – a concept invented by Da Vinci in the 1490s.

This partnership offers a fresh opportunity to highlight this world featuring a blend of culture, exceptional accomplishments, technical sophistication and beauty – all values deeply cherished by Breguet.

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Breguet Reine de Naples

Published by in Breguet on August 9th, 2011 | No Comments »

[Press Release] The Reine de Naples is a watch in a league of its own. Created in tribute to the wristwatch ordered two centuries ago from Breguet by Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, it embodies the inimitable Breguet approach to fine watch making. Its softly curving egg-shaped case, its crown at 4 o’clock and its dedicated bracelet ball-lug are all distinctive characteristics composing a model as feminine as it is original. These signature features also endow it with enviable iconic status, judging by the worldwide success it has enjoyed since its launch.

It now appears in a steel version that is also slightly larger.

For a timepiece that has only thus far existed in gold set with diamonds, this new version is a means of drawing closer to the everyday lives of women who can thus wear it daily and in all circumstances. However, this concession to modern times has been made without sacrificing one iota of its exquisite refinement. The Reine de Naples in steel maintains all the subtle details that make it such an emblematic model: the delightfully curving feminine case with fluted caseband, the off-set crown, and the ball-lug at 6 o’clock securing it to the alligator leather strap. Its white mother-of-pearl dial is adorned with two relief-painted Arabic numerals, as well as with the individual series number of the watch. The sapphire-crystal caseback affords a superb view of the mechanical self-winding Breguet movement.

Crafted in harmony with the finest watch making traditions, its solid gold oscillating weight is hand-engraved on a rose engine. Its silicon escapement illustrates the message regarding Breguet consistently conveyed by Nicolas G. Hayek: “Breguet is the perfect meeting of beauty and advanced technology”. The use of this highly innovative material, not only for the escapement, but also for the balance-spring, contributes to the precision and the reliability of the anti-magnetic movement. All of which offers convincing proof, if proof were needed, that Breguet is determined to apply the finest technical enhancements to its ladies’ watches too.

Technical Specifications

REF. 8967ST/58/986

Case in steel with an “egg-shaped” curved shape and a finely fluted caseband. Sapphire-crystal caseback. Dimensions: 43.75 x 35.50 mm. Facetted crown set with a “briolette-cut” diamond. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m).

Dial in white mother-of-pearl, individually numbered and signed Breguet. Off-centered chapter ring at 6 o’clock. Relief-painted 6 and 12 o’clock Breguet Roman numerals. Breguet hollow “moon” tip hands in blued steel.

Movement mechanical self-winding, numbered and signed Breguet. Calibre 591C. 11½ lignes. 25 jewels. 38 hour power reserve. 22-carat gold oscillating weight hand-engraved on a rose engine. Balance-spring, lever and escape-wheel in silicon.
Breguet balance wheel with adjustment screws. Frequency 4Hz. Adjusted in 6 positions.

Strap in grey alligator leather with steel folding clasp. Also available with blue dial and strap.

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Two New Breguet Stores For China

Published by in Breguet, News on July 29th, 2011 | No Comments »

A little slice of ‘industry’ news now:  Breguet have opened two new stores in China.

The first covers 90m2 at the heart of the prestigious Scitech Plaza complex in Beijing; while the second 220m2 store is located in the city of Ningbo, to the south of Shanghai.

These two new stores join a growing global list of Breguet outlets.

To be precise, those in: Paris, Cannes, Geneva, Zurich, London, Vienna, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macao.

Phew!

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Breguet Réveil Musical Watch For Only Watch 2011

Published by in Breguet on July 4th, 2011 | No Comments »

Breguet’s ‘Only Watch‘ piece is this beautiful variant on their Réveil Musical model.

Featuring a uniquely designed image of a child reaching out to an adult hand – a nod to the Only Watch charitable cause ["inter-generational solidarity and support for research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy” if you prefer Breguet's own description] - this liquid-metal special also has a one-off musical treat inside: “Castle In The Sky”.

Whilst the music box tune plays out, the dial rotates – about once every 25 seconds or so (the dial actually houses the pins to enable the tune to be ‘dinged’ out underneath).

The case is white gold and measures 48mm.

It has an automatic mechanical movement and musical notes engraved around the case.

On the back you’ll find a marker for Only Watch 2011 and the wording ‘pièce unique’.

Pièce unique indeed – I love this one!

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Breguet Marine 8827 Ladies

Published by in Breguet on May 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »

[Press Release] Breguet’s Marine Chronograph Ladies’ watch, previously available only in a diamond-set version, is now being introduced without stones, in 18-carat red or white gold.

Its movement is still the Breguet Calibre 8827, the world’s smallest self-winding chronograph movement.

This masterpiece of micromechanics has an hour counter, a 30-minute counter and a date.

It is protected by a case measuring 34.60 mm in diameter, is water-resistant to 50 metres, and has a natural mother-of-pearl dial with hand engraving done on a rose engine.

This piece is available on a white rubber strap.

Technical Specifications

Model: Breguet Marine 8827 Ladies’ Non Gem-Set Chronograph in White Gold
REF. 8827BB/52/586

Case: round, in 18-carat white gold, with finely fluted caseband. Crown set with a cabochon-cut sapphire. Wave-shaped chronograph pushpieces. Sapphire-crystal caseback. 34.60mm diameter. Water-resistant to 5 bar (50 meters).

Dial: natural mother of pearl, hand-engraved on a rose-engine with a wave motif. Individually numbered and signed Breguet. Chapter ring with Breguet Arabic numerals. Breguet hands in 18-carat gold with a luminous substance. Small seconds hand and date at 6 o’clock. 30-minute totalizer at 3 o’clock and 12-hour totalizer at 9 o’clock.

Movement: self-winding, chronograph, individually numbered and signed Breguet. 10½ lines. 47 jewels. Cal. 550. 45-hour power-reserve. 18-carat gold rotor hand-engraved on a rose engine. Swiss straight-line lever escapement. Flat balance-spring. Annular balance-wheel. 3Hz frequency. Adjusted in 5 positions.

Strap in rubber with 18-carat gold Marine folding clasp with two gold loops.
Also available in 18-carat red gold. (Ref: 8827BR/52/586)

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Breguet Pocket Watch Event At The J. Paul Getty Museum

Published by in Breguet, Events, News on May 21st, 2011 | No Comments »

I do love pocket-watches.  Shame I won’t be in L.A. to catch this event, but it sounds great.

If you’re in the area why not check it out – best of all, entrance is free!

[Press Release] The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the loan of four pocket watches created by Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823), founder of the Breguet watch company. These watches, part of the Breguet Museum’s historic timepiece collection, date to the late-18th/early-19th- centuries and will join the Getty’s display of French decorative arts in the South Pavilion at the Getty Center. They will be on view through October 2011.

“We are delighted to welcome these watches to our French 18th-century Decorative Arts galleries, where they will join other items treasured by Parisians of the era,” said Antonia Boström, senior curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. “The Getty’s collection does not include personal timepieces and placing these objects within the context of our collection helps enliven the story we tell in those galleries of daily life through the exquisitely crafted objects found in the finest homes.”

Although all four watches on view were sold and used in the 1800s, three of them were designed in the late 1700s. They are all from the Breguet Museum in Paris, which houses more than 100 timepieces and items related to the history of the House of Breguet.

“We are honored to share our cherished cultural heritage with visitors to the Getty Museum, and to convey the rich traditions of Paris in the 18th-century, in which Breguet played a very special role,” said Breguet President, Marc Hayek. “That was the dream that led my grandfather Nicolas Hayek to found the Breguet Museum more than 10 years ago, a dream I’m proud to help continue.”

Breguet is a sponsor of Paris: Life and Luxury, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center through August 7, 2011. The exhibition re-imagines, through art and material culture, the complex and nuanced lifestyle of elite 18th-century Parisians who made their city the fashionable and cultural epicenter of Europe. The exhibition travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where it will be on view from September 18 to December 10, 2011.

Visitor information
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, California 90049

Open daily except Mondays, 10 am-5:30 pm. Late-night opening until 9 pm on Saturdays.
Admission to the Getty Center and to all exhibitions is FREE – no tickets or reservations are required for general admission. Parking is $15 per car.

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Breguet Type XXI Titanium

Published by in Breguet on April 10th, 2011 | No Comments »

I do like a tidy titanium timepiece.

Say ‘hello’ to the 42mm Breguet Type XXI in Grade 2 titanium (purer but less strong than the more common grade 5 titanium apparently).

You can have this one with a titanium strap too, or calfskin if you prefer a bit of leather instead.

The XXI was inspired by the Type XX chronograph, designed by Breguet for the Aéronavale française (the French naval air arm) during the 1950s.

It features an automatic flyback chronograph movement, with matte black dial and luminescent hands and hours markers, and a black lacquered rotating bezel with numerals in relief.

Pretty nice huh?

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Breguet Classique Moonphase – Version 2

Published by in Breguet on March 26th, 2011 | No Comments »

That last post about the Breitling Chronomat GMT freaked me out a bit, so let’s go with a nice happy moon-face to settle things down.

Please welcome then the Breguet Classique Moonphase (v2).

The case is in 18kt rose or white gold with fluted caseband and measures 39mm. It has a sapphire crystal and a sapphire display back and is water resistant to 30 meters.

The rounded lugs are welded to the case and have screw pins securing the strap.

The dial is done in Grand Feu enamelling – individually numbered and signed Breguet.  The watch also features a chapter ring with Breguet Arabic numerals, age and phases of the moon at 12 o’clock and a power-reserve indication at 3 o’clock.

The open-tipped Breguet hands are finished in blued steel.

Movement is the Swiss automatic Breguet (F. Piguet exclusive to Breguet) caliber 591 DRL with 25 jewels and a power reserve of 38 hours.

The rotor is solid 18kt gold.

Ah, now I am calm again … ;-)

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Breguet Classique 5717 Hora Mundi

Published by in Breguet on March 24th, 2011 | No Comments »

Speaking of sexy beasties, this is a gorgeous new piece courtesy of Breguet from this year’s Baselworld:  the Classique 5717 Hora Mundi.

[Press Release] It is made of precious materials: 18-carat red gold or 950 platinum. Three versions of the dial are available, each representing one part of the world: the Americas, the European and African continents, or Asia and Oceania – six references in all. Breguet’s teams needed three years to design, develop and perfect this complication watch. It is the first example of a mechanical timepiece with an instant-jump time-zone display. This function allows the traveller to easily display the time in two pre-selected time zones, changing instantly from one to the other simply by pressing a button, without disturbing the operation of the watch. Accurate operation during setting is ensured by a stop second system. Changing the time zone affects not only the time, but also the date synchronised through a «tracking» calendar system – and the day/night indicator.

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