Breguet

Family Tradition The Breguet family is talented beyond belief, and while most often people think of them as a horological company, one of the grandsons is actually the founder of Breguet Aviation.  Watches however were the mainstay of the company and the original watches were produced under contract with the French government and designed with military aviators in mind.  The Type XX and XXI didn’t exist to identify a model but originally were a specification number, and while these timepieces ...

Classic History Everyone knows that Switzerland is home to watch making and therefore no surprise that Breguet was born in that country, but it might be a surprise that he was in France most of his life, and his workshops were in Paris, located at Quai D’Horloge.  The buildings are in a very central location, in the heart of Paris, and on a island of the Seine, where a palace sits from the Merovingian Dynasty. Named from an actual clock, the Conciergerie Clock, sits on the corner of a building...

Life and Legacy Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in 1747 and worked in the horological arena starting in this teens, moving to Paris in 1762 where he became an apprentice under a watchmaker that also worked with the Royal Court. The brilliant men that mentored him shaped the man he became, providing a foundation for watchmaking that is still firm today. Two hundred years later the brand is located in Switzerland about two hours from where the founder was originally born. That facility ...

Blue Is Your Color Breguet introduced a beautiful white version of this timepiece in 2018, but the new Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367 Grand Feu Blue Enamel Dial Watch is even more striking. This new model maintained the understated features like the vintage applied numerals and open-tipped hands. The brand signature element, the off-centered tourbillon carriage in titanium is also present on this newest edition. You also can be rest assured that the brand signature, one...

A real jewel within the prestige brands of the Swatch Group, Breguet stands out for numerous reasons.  The brand embraces horological brilliance, traditions and craftsmanship that are unmatched, but they also deliver the timepieces with modern production and technology aspects that combine to create a masterpiece like the Classique 5140 Watch with Enamel Dial Hands-On.  This timepiece captures the essence of traditional and couples it with modern to present on the wrist an exquisite yet sensible...