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The Breguet Collections 2012-2013

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Contents

Passion finds its echo

A passion for invention and innovation

A passion shared

Passion from the age of reason

Tradition

Classique

Classique Grandes Complications

Marine

Héritage

Reine de Naples

High Jewellery

Type XX -XXI

Type XXII

A dictionary of passion

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Breguet evokes a genuine fascination through its capacity for innovation. Its inventions have left an indelible imprint on

watchmaking history and the developments currently being achieved within the Manufacture make Breguet an undeniable reference

in its field. This philosophy is entirely in tune with my vision of fine watchmaking: its ability to push the boundaries of horological

construction, blending aesthetics with mechanical constraints, makes it a full-fledged art in its own right.

Breguet is not only a brand embodying watchmaking excellence, but also a part of our cultural heritage, brimming with history

and emotions. The timepieces emerging from the Manufacture Breguet are works of art rendered unique by the artisans’ hand, and

endowed with genuine soul. Technology dedicated to serving Art is our watchword, and creating technical masterpieces is our daily

challenge. A mere stylistic exercise? Far from it : our technical accomplishments are intended to provide tangible improvements to the

performances of the watch, its precision and its daily use, the sole purpose being to satisfy the person who has acquired it.

From the start, Breguet had woven close ties with science and astronomy, placing the brand at the heart of European intel-

lectual development. My grandfather and I have made a priority of Research & Development. Today more than ever, engineers and

watchmakers play a pioneering role, working notably on fields such as magnetism, high frequency and the properties of new

materials – like silicon and Liquidmetal® – resulting in major breakthroughs for the entire watch industry. Breguet takes pride in

offering exceptional models.

It is this singular alchemist’s blend of hand-craftsmanship expertise and cutting-edge technologies that I invite you to explore

through our collections.

A word from Marc A. Hayek

Marc A. Hayek President and CEO of Montres Breguet SA

//5 P A S S I O N F I N D S I T S E C H O

In 1999, Nicolas G. Hayek took over one of the most pre-

cious names in fine watchmaking which was lying somewhat

dormant at the time. Driven by a genuine passion, he infused

peerless vitality into a brand endowed with an exceptional herit-

age and know-how that are recognised by its most prestigious

peers. But the creative and visionary genius that was Nicolas

G. Hayek also revived the cultural and emotional dimension of

the brand and restored it to its noble pedigree.

A new chapter in Breguet history began, studded with fab-

ulous projects, daring challenges and guided by the principel

of unveiling the finest treasures that emerge from an encounter

between art, beauty and technology.

Now able to draw upon the industrial and commercial

strength of the Swatch Group, the brand had all the material and

technical resources it would need to perpetuate the art of fine

watchmaking and to create exceptional models in order to meet

the expectations of brand devotees and connoisseurs.

Signs of renewal soon appeared. The brand was first of all

equipped with a manufacturing facility on par with its ambitions.

Recruitment of the best-qualified watchmakers was reinforced, as

was training and the passing on of time-honoured skills by artisans

excelling in their respective arts and crafts.

Substantial and regular investments were made in state-

of-the-art testing machinery as well as in research and

development. Nicolas G. Hayek attached great importance to

research and initiated work on whole new movement projects

and new materials such as the application of silicon in watchmak-

ing, for components like the escapement. Under his leadership,

Breguet developed and registered more than 77 new patents, and

also built a new movement each year, several of which were

truly revolutionary, such as the double tourbillon. This innova-

tive capacity made Breguet a reference in the field of Haute

Horlogerie, alongside its unique status as an integral part of the

European cultural heritage.

It is this unique position that inspired the most prestigious

museums to welcome the brand’s legendary timepieces. These

initiatives were of course fervently supported by Breguet.

Exhibitions in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, or in the Louvre

Breguet, from rebirth to continuity.

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in Paris, are just two of these exceptional events that have

delighted connoisseurs and aficionados, as well as Nicolas

G. Hayek, who loved to view culture as synonymous with

sharing. This same desire also led the Manufacture Breguet

to take up magnificent challenges, including that of repro-

ducing the legendary Marie-Antoinette watch that had van-

ished without trace.

This challenge was all the more daring in that the Breguet

master-watchmakers and engineers had only a handful of

archives and technical descriptions, and had to make use of

the techniques prevailing at the time of its making.

This love of art and beauty led Nicolas G. Hayek toward

the principle of preserving humanity’s historical and cultural

heritage well beyond the watchmaking world through various

prestigious patronage activities with a powerful emotional con-

tent. The most iconic of all, to mention but one, is undoubtedly

the restoration of the Petit Trianon, an authentic tribute paid by

Breguet to Queen Marie-Antoinette, a sincere admirer and loyal

customer of the brand.

It was this universe mingling art, culture, understatement

and exceptional achievements that Nicolas G. Hayek loved to

share. Following his untimely death on June 28th 2010, Marc

A. Hayek has taken up the reins of the brand. The spirit remains

and the story continues…


Since its acquisition by the Swatch Group in September

1999, the Breguet company has enjoyed the substantial sup-

port of the world’s largest watch manufacturer. The company

has harnessed the Group’s resources in product development,

manufacturing, marketing and distribution to bring Breguet

watchmaking to demanding and sophisticated clients.

The Group is committed to preserving the company’s

watchmaking traditions. Breguet, like the Group’s other com-

panies, maintains its separate identity and will continue to

uphold the prestige of its name, ensure the exclusiveness of its

products and make them available in selected shops.

Not only has the Breguet company seen its turnover grow

dramatically since it joined the Group, even if its output of

watches has remained limited, but its international distribution

now benefits from much increased energy and improved effi-

ciency. Breguet has established its essential role in the luxury-

watch sector by opening its own prestigious boutiques in the

world’s major destinations, including Geneva, Zurich, Gstaad,

Paris, Cannes, London, Milan, Vienna, Moscow, Ekaterinburg,

New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Dubai, Abu Dhabi,

Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Macao,

Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul.

Manufacturing has received equal attention. Large invest-

ments have been allocated to the expansion of the Breguet

Breguet within the Swatch Group.

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workshops to provide them with modern manufacturing sys-

tems and the latest tools. The recruitment of highly qualified

master watchmakers will help Breguet meet the growing

demand for its watches.

Creation, that reliable yardstick of a brand’s vigour,

remains a priority. Breguet’s watchmakers are hard at work

conceiving and building novel designs that interpret the

brand’s styling heritage in original ways as well as devising

original mechanisms for the Breguet time pieces of tomorrow.

Today more than ever, Breguet thus upholds its reputation as

the supplier of timepieces to people with discriminating tastes

and an eye for the exceptional.

The watches presented in this catalogue express Breguet’s

vision of a future where its legacy provides for the development

of tomorrow’s technologies.

The Breguet Boutique in Gstaad, Switzerland.


Breguet’s archives, kept in Switzerland and in Paris,

record the developments that have sustained Breguet watch-

making for more than two centuries. The firm is committed

to remaining ahead of its time with a flow of inventions and

improvements.

Today Breguet watches are made in the Vallée de Joux,

the centre of advanced mechanical horology. The Breguet work-

shops bring together extraordinary resources to handle the

essential aspects of watchmaking. The concentration of special-

ised knowledge and technology covers movement construction,

parts manufacture and watch assembly to ensure an authentic

product of supreme quality.

Equipped with watchmaking tools that A.- L. Breguet could

scarcely imagine, his successors in the Breguet workshops

combine avant-garde processes with closely guarded traditional

techniques. The constant modernisation of their equipment

reveals the motivation of the craftsmen who build the Breguet

watch : pride in their work.

Driven by the same enthusiasm that A.- L. Breguet

brought to his art, craftsmen work daily to perfect the time-

pieces that earn Breguet its position as the architect of fine

horology.

Their workshops provide the technical environment where

man and machine live in harmony. Like musicians in an orches-

tra, Breguet’s watchmakers tune their instruments to the fre-

quencies and themes A.-L. Breguet composed centuries ago.

Although equipped with the latest optical aids and

measuring apparatus, the men and women who build Breguet

watches still depend on the traditional tools that can only

come to life in the practiced hands of a craftsman. And watch-

Watchmaking at Breguet.

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makers still keep their old bow-lathes in the bottom drawer of

their workbenches, hoping they’ll find a pivot that needs an

expert’s attention.

Watch production is divided into a dozen very different

workshops. In one, massive presses exert tremendous forces to

cut tiny metal components. In another, removed as far as possi-

ble from all sources of vibration, numerically controlled transfer

machines mill complex shapes in metal to tolerances of a few

microns. Concentration is palpable in the dust-free atmosphere

of the assembly and casing-up workshops.

The silence is intensified by the faint hiss of a burner or

the whisper of a file as a watchmaker works some play into a

too-precise component.

Manufacture Breguet at L’Orient, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland.


All of the hundreds of operations that go into the orchestra-

tion of a Breguet watch need deft hands, experienced eyes and

an ear for the melody of time.

The nature of their work allows craftsmen to leave their

individual imprint – in the gleam of a chamfered edge, the

pattern of circular graining or in the delicacy of engine-turning.

Each feature expresses the quiet pride of expertise in

superior performance. In a magnified world, tiny components

are progressively made true, and their surfaces finished for

unforgiving inspection, before they are combined into the

mechanism of astounding complexity that gives a Breguet

watch its life.

Manufacture Breguet’s unrivaled combination of horological tradition and sophisticated technology generates impeccable beauty and quality in time.

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Breguet watchmakers regard exactitude as the sacred

duty of their art. Behind individual methods lies a common

commitment to achieving the highest standard of workmanship

through constant refinement. Applying techniques that pre-date

machines, they work quickly and precisely to create instruments

in harmony with the most demanding score of all, the silent

music of time. Breguet’s approach to watchmaking preserves

the individuality of each watch in a world of standard products.

A.-L. Breguet never made two watches exactly alike, and

there is no reason for the firm that he founded to break from

that tradition. Besides, collectors of Breguet watches would

never allow it.

Artistic craft or the art of craftsmanship, the know-how of the artisans – such as the guilloché-work or engine-turning specialists pictured here – in the Manufacture Breguet remains one of the brand’s key assets.


The Marie-Antoinette “Grande Complication” pocket watch number 1160.

Said to have been fascinated by Breguet’s watches,

Marie-Antoinette acquired over the years a number of his time-

pieces, notably a perpétuelle fitted with a self-winding device.

In 1783, a mysterious admirer of hers ordered from Breguet, as

a gift for the Queen, a watch that was to be as spectacular as

possible, incorporating the fullest range of horological expertise

known at the time. The order stipulated that wherever possible

gold should replace other metals and that auxiliary mecha-

nisms, i.e. complications, should be as numerous and varied

as possible. No time or financial limits were imposed.

Long a purveyor to the French court, Breguet thus had a

free hand. Alas, the Queen never got to admire her present, watch

number 160, known as the “Marie-Antoinette” in her honor. It

was only finished in 1827, 34 years after her death, 4 years after

Breguet’s and 44 years after he’d accepted the order.

For two centuries now, both this timepiece’s extreme

in tricacy and its fabulous destiny have fascinated watchmakers

and haunted the imagination of collectors. Stolen in 1983 from a

museum in Jerusalem and finally recovered in December 2007,

this undisputed masterpiece of horology experienced a fate so

mysterious and bizarre that it became something of an obsession.

In 2004, Nicolas G. Hayek challenged Breguet’s watchmakers to

build an exact replica of this breathtaking pocket watch.

Recreating so many complications solely with the help

of ancient documents proved a real challenge for the firm’s

technicians and watchmakers. The original technical drawings

in the Breguet Museum archives and the material available in

such rich sources of cultural information as the Musée des Arts

et Métiers, both in Paris, provided the only available informa-

tion and guidance regarding the watch’s every function and

styling detail. Comparing the projected watch with contem-

porary timepieces, in particularly the Duc de Praslin’s watch,

revealed novel aspects of the design and workshop techniques

of the period. The research uncovered skills which had partly

disappeared, enabling Breguet to produce a timepiece faithful

in every way to its fabled ancestor.


A work of art in its own right, the new Marie-Antoinette

perpétuelle, or self-winding, watch features a minute repeater

that on command strikes hours, quarters and minutes as well

as a full perpetual calendar showing the date, the day and the

month at two, six and eight o’clock respectively. At ten o’clock,

an equation-of-time display expresses the difference between

civil and solar time. At centre, jumping hours and a minute hand

accompany a large independent seconds hand, the forerunner to

the chronograph hand, while a subdial for the running seconds is

situated at six o’clock. A 48-hour power-reserve indicator and a

bimetallic thermometer are positioned side by side.

The watch’s self-winding movement ( called perpétuelle

in Breguet’s day ) comprises 823 parts and components, all

finished with exceptional care. Plates, bridges and bars, every

moving part of the motion-work, calendar and repeater mecha-

nisms are made of wood-polished pink gold. Screws are of blued

and polished steel. All friction points, sinks and bearings are

fitted with sapphires. The watch’s sophisticated design extends

to its special escapement with natural lift, a cylindrical balance

spring in gold and a bimetallic balance. A double pare-chute

shock-protection device protects the balance-wheel staff and the

oscillating weight arbors against blows and jarring.

In April 2008, after four long years of research and

reconstruction, the new Marie-Antoinette timepiece was proud-

ly placed in its impressive presentation case, carved from the

wood of the very Versailles oak tree under which the Queen

once used to rest.

Following a long dry spell and a violent storm, the Domaine

de Versailles had to have the once-mighty oak cut down, pre-

senting its wood to Nicolas G. Hayek as a birthday gift.

//17 A P A S S I O N F O R I N V E N T I O N A N D I N N O V A T I O N

If Breguet holds a special place in our cultural heritage,

it is because its founder, A.- L. Breguet (1747-1823 ), set the

standard by which all fine watchmaking has since been judged.

Today, his heirs at Breguet still make each watch as a model of

supreme horological art.

A.- L. Breguet was born in Neuchâtel, but it was in Paris that

he spent most of his productive life. No aspect of watchmaking

escaped his study, and his inventions were as fundamental to

horology as they were varied. His career started with a series of

breakthroughs : the development of the successful self-winding

perpétuelle watches, the introduction of gongs for repeating

watches and the first shock-protection for balance pivots.

Louis XVI and his Queen, Marie-Antoinette, were early

enthusiasts of Breguet’s watchmaking. Each watch from his

workshops demonstrated the latest horological improvements in

an original movement, mostly fitted with lever or ruby-cylinder

escapements that he perfected.

A.-L. Breguet took refuge in Switzerland from the excesses

of the French Revolution. He returned to Paris overflowing with

the ideas that produced the Breguet balance spring, his first

carriage clock (sold to Bonaparte), the sympathique clock and

its dependent watch, the tact watch, and finally the tourbillon,

patented in 1801.

Breguet became the indispensable watchmaker to the

scientific, military, financial and diplomatic élites of the age.

His timepieces ruled the courts of Europe. For his most distin-

guished clients, Breguet designed his most remarkable pieces,

such as the first ever wristwatch for Caroline Murat, Queen of

Pivotal inventions from 1775 to the present.

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Naples, in 1810. Honors saluted his enormous contribution to

horology. Appointed to the Board of Longitude and as chrono-

meter-maker to the French navy, he entered the Academy of

Sciences and received the Legion of Honour from the hands

of Louis XVIII.

When he died in 1823, all mourned the architect of the

greatest revolution in the science and art of time-keeping.

Today more than ever, its capacity to innovate reflects a

brand’s vitality. Breguet’s creativity and ingenuity have not

dwindled over time, but have on the contrary steadily increased :

witness the fact that since 1999, under the impetus of Nicolas

G. Hayek and the current management of Marc A. Hayek, the

list of patents registered during this recent period is now consi-

derably longer than that of the founder’s inventions.

The Breguet workshops on Quai de l’Horloge in Paris, in 1775.


1780 Development of the perpétuelle, or automatic watch

1783 Invention of the gong spring for the minute repeater

Design of the famous Breguet hands and numerals

1786 The Breguet dial, engine-turned by hand

1789 The ratchet key known as the “Breguet key”

Escapement working without oil 1790 Invention of the pare-chute ( timepiece shock absorbers )

1792 Development and production of the mechanism for the Chappe optical telegraph

1795 First description of the sympathique clocks

Development of the perpetual date calendar

The Breguet balance spring

The ruby cylinder

1796 The single-hand watch known as the “subscription” watch

1798 Patent of the constant force escapement (March 9 )

Invention of the musical chronometer, the clockwork mechanism that acts as a metronome

1799 The tact watch

A selection of Breguet inventions and innovations, from 1775 to the present day.

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1801 Patent of the Tourbillon Regulator (June 26 )

1810 Development and production of the first wristwatch, ordered by the Queen of Naples

1812 Appearance of dials with off-centred chapter ring

1815 Fine-tuning of the double-barrelled marine chronometer

1819 Ocular of an astronomical telescope

1820 Invention of the montre à double seconde or observation chronometer, forerunner of the modern chronograph

1830 First watch with keyless winding

1938 Start and reset mechanism of a movement with direct-drive seconds hand

1939 Patent of the sidereal time-keeper ( February 28 )

1950 Chronograph reset mechanism

Chronograph minute counter ( 2 patents )

1990 The sympathique wristwatch and its clock

Double power reserve

1991 Timepiece with a running equation-of-time, perpetual equation-of-time wristwatch

1994 Perpetual calendar mechanism, in-line perpetual calendar wristwatch

1996 Timepiece movement equipped with a perpetual calendar mechanism

1997 Patent of the in-line perpetual calendar wristwatch

1998 The world’s smallest self-winding chronograph movement

2002 5 patents registered, including :

Moon-phase mechanism ( Reine de Naples )


Patent for a mechanism to lock the alarm function, column-wheel system ( Réveil du Tsar )


Balance for timepiece movement, titanium balance ( Tradition Tourbillon Fusée )



Watch equipped with at least two regulating systems ( Double Tourbillon )

Shock-protection device for balance pivot ( Tradition )


A musical module for a watch movement ( La Musicale )


Timepiece comprising a power-reserve display device ( Tradition Tourbillon )


Gong for a striking or alarm mechanism (minute repeater )

Balance spring with “overcoil” terminal curve in silicon ( Tradition Tourbillon )


Gong for a timepiece striking mechanism (minute repeater)

Tourbillon timepiece movement equipped with a shock-protection device ( Tradition Tourbillon )


Timepiece comprising a high-frequency mechanical movement ( Type XXII )

Striking watch equipped with an acoustic membrane ( La Musicale )


A musical module for a watch ( La Musicale )

A balance-spring with two spiral springs

Magnetic governor for the transmission wheel(s) of the movement or strike ( La Musicale )


Balance-spring with two spiral springs featuring improved isochronism

Contact-free torque transfer for timepiece

A total of 101 patents registered since 2002

The first magnetic strike governor in watchmaking history equipping the model 7800 “La Musicale”.


The advent of silicon at Breguet.

In January 2006, Nicolas G. Hayek officially announced

the result of several years of research that was to lead to a

technological innovation of capital importance to the entire

Swiss watch industry : the advent of silicon and its applications

in manufacturing a certain number of components. One of

the advantages of silicon is that this material does not react

to magnetic fields. Moreover, its density which is three times

lower than that of steel or brass facilitates the making of lighter

parts with lower inertia, while the material itself remains extre-

mely solid and highly resistant to corrosion and wear.

In the watchmaking field, the properties of silicon also

prove mechanically useful for certain movement parts such as

the balance spring. The production method for silicon compo-

nents, deep reactive ion etching ( DRIE ), makes it possible to

create extremely complex shapes while ensuring extreme preci-

sion, such as those required to optimise the flat balance spring.

The balance spring is a central component of the movement and

represents the beating heart of the watch. It is also the most

sensitive part if one is seeking to improve the precision of time

measurement. Coiled in a spiral shape and coupled with the

balance, its regular oscillations impart a certain cadence to the

movement and regulate the measurement of time. It is usually

made from a metal alloy and is subject to disturbances relating

to shocks, magnetic fields, and the earth’s gravity. The flat

balance spring, which is extremely slender, may be made from

silicon with a degree of precision verging on perfection in terms

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of the shape of its curves, thereby considerably enhancing the

movement’s isochronism.

Research on silicon began as early as 2006, with the

first applications in Breguet modules. The new Classique 5177

watch was equipped with an escape-wheel and a lever in

silicon, while the Classique 5197 and 5837 watches featured

a silicon version for three components : the escape-wheel, the

lever and the flat balance spring.

Silicon and its use for the flat balance spring led to

some spectacular feats. By way of example, the ultra-thin

reference 502.3 movement equipped with this component

and housed within the 5157 model represents a major accom-

plishment combining slenderness ( 2.4 mm ) with exceptional

performances.

The use of silicon balance springs in various move-

ments over the past four years has shown totally convincing

results. Breguet naturally therefore owed it to itself to develop

a silicon version of the “Breguet balance spring” with its

famous overcoil or terminal curve invented in 1795 by the

brand founder. Breguet had conceived the ingenious idea

of raising the end of the flat balance spring and bending

it slightly towards the balance-staff, thereby ensuring a

concentric development and thus enhancing the precision of

the watch. Putting a curve into a sliver of silicon in order to

give this part its third dimension was a major feat in the watch

industry. Silicon is not malleable like metal and forming this

bend rising up from the coil required a complete rethinking

of the production process. Breguet rose to the challenge and

the results of the research and development were unveiled

in 2010 in an exceptional model : the Tradition 7047 with a

tourbillon and a fusée and chain type transmission, equipped

with a world-first “silicon Breguet balance spring”.


High-frequency silicon.

The watchmakers of the Manufacture Breguet have

worked on other properties of silicon which imply that parts

may be accurately machined and are distinctly lighter. This led

them to develop the Type XXII 10 Hz with silicon balance spring,

lever and escape-wheel, which became the first and only

series-made mechanical chronograph with a frequency raised

to 10 Hz or 72,000 vibrations per hour, capable of marking off

20ths of a second.

This increase in the frequency of the oscillator also led to

a real improvement in the operation of the chronograph. The

way in which the seconds hand moves is visibly modified: since

the increase in frequency influences the duration of the tiny

jumps made by the hand, the latter appears to be gently sliding

around the dial. This softer motion is combined with higher

resolution and a more accurate display. Each second being

divided into 20 fractions makes it possible to measure time by

this same unit, meaning to the nearest 20th of a second.

In addition to the display characteristics, the increase in

frequency above all enhances the rate precision and stability of

the watch by improving the performance of the balance-wheel.

This work undertaken on high frequency thereby offers the

prospect of new applications beyond the realm of chronographs.

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From silicon to the first magnetic components.

Developing solutions to withstand the detrimental effects of

the external magnetic fields present in the environment has ope-

ned up whole new vistas for the Breguet Research & Development

team. The use of balance springs and escape-wheels in silicon,

boasting anti-magnetic properties, as well as a better understan-

ding of the way in which magnetic fields affect the inside of the

movement, served to envisage the use of magnets inside the

watch mechanism in order to improve its performances.

The first results were applied to the heart of the 7800

“La Musicale” model, a striking watch equipped with the first

magnetic governor in watchmaking history. Incorporating within

a wristwatch mechanism a music-box mechanism as well as

the governor, guaranteeing the constancy of the tempo, was

already a challenge in itself. Nonetheless, the company watch-

makers, who were not only concerned with overcoming the

disadvantages of the classic friction-based strike-governor sys-

tem, but also with enhancing its performance, achieved the feat

of creating an innovative system equipped with magnets and

working on the principle of eddy currents (Foucault currents).

This magnetic governor thereby does away with issues of wear,

noise and the need for a large supply of energy, while ensuring

increased precision.

Hitherto considered horological heresy, the introduction of

magnetic components opens up exciting new prospects.

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Breguet archives.

A.-L. Breguet took pains to register the production and

sales of the company he founded in 1775. Each timepiece

was thus recorded under its individual number with a short

description, the date of sale and the name of the purchaser.

Since that time the company has made it a point of honor

to keep up a tradition it holds dear and which underlines the

importance that it accords to each of its clients.

A case in point is Breguet’s first 2003 institutional

advertising campaign. Designed to alert brand enthusiasts

throughout the world to the importance of keeping this tradi-

tion alive, its message immediately generated sharp interest.

Hundreds of family names continue to be added every year to

Breguet registers, contributing to the history of its prestigious

timepieces. Today still, the company registers, constituting

the core of the company archives in the Breguet Museum,

are a valuable source of information for watch experts and

historians.

Opening the registers is like delving into history. In them

are the famous names that have marked their era, from Queen

Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte and many others, to

those in the news today. Discretion, however, prevents the

company from revealing the names of living owners.

By acquiring a Breguet watch, each client enters into a

privileged relationship with many generations of time.

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That is why Breguet invites all those acquiring the brand’s

models to record their names in the company registers,

there by perpetuating this time-honoured tradition as well as

enhancing i ts c l ients’ sense of belonging to an exclusive

circ le of passionate enthusiasts.


Distinguished Breguet’s patrons.

The great and the good of every age have recognised in a Breguet watch expressions of high human ideals – creativeness, beauty,

impartiality. The watch owned by the world’s most prominent individuals holds equal fascination for their literary contemporaries.

For the most fashionable writers of every era, it’s a Breguet, rather than a watch, that comes into the story. The firm’s famed

archives record every Breguet watch sold since 1787. For its advertising campaign, Breguet selected a few of their owners who

warrant the attention of history.

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Duc d’Orléans (1780 )

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (1782 )

Louis XVI, King of France (1783 )

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1787)

Marquise de Condorcet (1792 )

Empress Joséphine of France (1798 )

Napoleon Bonaparte (1798 )

General Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc (1801)

The Prince of Wales (1803 )

Giovanni Paisiello (1804 )

The Prince of Wurtemberg (1805 )

Sélim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1806 )

Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples (1807)

Tsar Alexander I of Russia (1809 )

George III, King of England (1810 )

Prince Orloff (1810 )

Prince Poniatowski (1811)

Prince Ferdinand of Spain (1812 )

Prince Charles of Spain (1812 )

Baron Hottinguer (1812 )

The Florence Observatory (1812 )

Empress Marie-Louise of France (1813)

Michel Ney, Marshal of France (1813)

General Davidoff (1814 )

The Duke of Wellington (1814)

Baron Rothschild (1815 )

The Duke of Marlborough (1818)

The Duke of Norfolk (1821)

Louis XVIII, King of France (1821)

Count Axel von Fersen (1835 )

Queen Victoria (1838 )

Duc de Morny (1841)

Gioachino Rossini (1843)

Horace Vernet (1855 )

Comte de Paris (1863 )

Empress Isabelle du Brésil (1871)

Sir Winston Churchill (1901)

King Fuad I of Egypt (1924 )

Maharadjah of Kapurthala (1924 )

Arthur Rubinstein (1930 )

Sergei Rachmaninov (1931)

Ettore Bugatti (1932 )

Prince George of Greece (1934 )

The Duke of Windsor (1950 )

A selection of Breguet’s distinguished patrons.


Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France In October 1782, A.- L. Breguet “invented, perfected and

completed” watch number 2 10/82 for Queen Marie-Antoinette.

It was a self-winding perpétuelle repeater with a date indication.

The queen recognised the work of a master, and the following

year Breguet received an astonishing request from an officer of

the Queen’s Guard : to make for her a watch incorporating all the

known horological complications and inventions.

Time and cost were apparently no object. It indeed took a

long time for the watch to catch up with A.-L. Breguet’s flow of

invention, for watch number 160 was only completed after the

queen’s death.

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General Napoleon BonaparteIn April 1798, a few weeks before he left for Egypt, General

Bonaparte acquired three important timepieces from Breguet : a

repeating watch, a repeating carriage clock with a calendar, and

a self-winding perpétuelle repeating watch. The future emperor’s

family soon became Breguet’s clients.


Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples Napoleon’s young sister began purchasing timepieces from

Breguet in 1805, at the age of 23, and continued at a steady

rate until 1814, thereby acquiring no less than 34 watches and

clocks. In 1810, based on an order from this authentic watch-

making enthusiast who had by then been crowned Queen of

Naples, A.-L. Breguet developed especially for this purpose the

world’s first known wristwatch. This exceptionally slender, oval-

shaped watch, fitted with a wristlet composed of hair entwined

with gold thread, was distinguished by its entirely original archi-

tecture and inimitable sense of refinement.

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Gioachino Rossini The illustrious Gioachino Rossini once owned Breguet

watch number 4604, a simple, modestly sized design displaying

the date. It featured an engine-turned gold case, an off-centred

silver dial and a lever escapement. This high-quality timepiece

was initially purchased by the banker Schickler in 1828 for 3,600

French francs. By the 1830s, the watch had passed to a certain

Mr Church. It was then owned by Rossini, who had it serviced in

1843. After the composer’s death, in 1868, his widow continued

to have the piece serviced by Breguet.


A number of literary figures have paid tribute to the art of Breguet in their writings, among them : Stendhal, Pushkin, Prosper

Mérimée, Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Henry Murger, Victor Hugo, and, more recently, John Fowles, Patrick O’Brian and Jiro Asada.

The watch and the pen: literary passions.

Stendhal (1783-1842 )

“ Breguet makes a watch which for twenty years never goes wrong,

while the pitiful machine by which we live runs amiss and produces pain at least once a week.”Rome, Naples and Florence (1817)

“ A dandy on the boulevards (...), strolling at leisure

until his Breguet, ever vigilant, reminds him it is midday.” Eugene Onegin (1825-1833 )

Pushkin (1799-1837 )


Henry Murger (1822-1861)

“ Rodolphe found Mademoiselle Laure at the trysting place.

Good, said he, for punctuality she is a feminine Breguet.” “Scenes of Bohemian Life” (1848), the work that inspired Puccini for his opera “La Bohème”

Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870 )

“ The traveller regrets taking so much money with him. He looks at his Breguet watch — perhaps it’s for the last time.

He would have been happier if it were hanging safely from his mantelpiece in Paris.” Lettre d’Espagne (1830 )

“ He drew out the most delicious thin watch that Breguet had ever made. Fancy, it is eleven o’clock, I was up early.” Eugénie Grandet (1833 )

Balzac (1799-1850 )

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870 )

“ Danglars’ watch, a masterpiece by Breguet which he had rewound with care before

setting out the previous day, chimed half past five in the morning.” The Count of Monte Cristo (1845 )

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“ He takes out his watch, a Breguet, (…) an instrument from the bench of the greatest of watchmakers.”The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969 )

John Fowles (1926 - 2005 )

Victor Hugo (1802-1885 )

“ At times the heart plays tricks and lets us down. The vigilant are right.

For God ( the mighty Breguet ) gave us faith, and seeing it was good, improved it with a watchful eye.”Chansons des Rues et des Bois (1865 )

Patrick O’Brian (1914-2000 )

“ They were both indeed Breguet watches, wonderfully accurate, wonderfully resistant (…).”

Blue at the Mizzen (1999 )

“ My watch that you see here is a jewel made by a great craftsman called Breguet.

It seems that it was once treasured by King Louis and Queen Marie-Antoinette.

It’s a real masterpiece, of unequalled precision.” Tooi Tsutsuoto (2002 )

Jiro Asada


Fitting with a calendar and a repeater, this small clock, glazed on four sides and numbered 178, was bought by General

Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798. A.-L. Breguet went on to design more sophisticated models in neo-classical or astonishingly modern

styles, adding grand and small strike, perpetual calendar, moon-phases and alarm indicator. Today still, the Breguet collection

includes a travelling clock, fitted with both a hand-wound chronograph movement and a thermometer.

Breguet constructed his first travelling clock in 1796.

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6190AG/12Classique silver clock with thermometer calibrated in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. Hand-wound chronograph movement. Centre minute totaliser and seconds. Dial in silvered 925 silver, hand-engraved on a rose engine.

//42 P A S S I O N F R O M T H E A G E O F R E A S O N

Breguet watches are unmistakable for their perfectly rational styling where lines are clean and functions clear. To create the

style that time cannot age, A.-L. Breguet turned to the classical rules of proportion and order. As in all precious objects, it is the

sum of detail that gives a watch its particular presence. Today Breguet watches carry the pedigree of an original design in sharp,

blued-steel hands and the crisp engine-turning of the dial.

The Breguet style.

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A single number Watch enthusiasts agree that each Breguet watch represents an exceptional standard of horological art that deserves to be

identified for posterity. Since Breguet’s early days, the manufacturing numbers of its watches have enabled collectors to confirm

their origin and provenance. In keeping with tradition, the unique production number assigned to each Breguet watch will testify

to the talent and the care of its manufacture for generations to come.

The secret signature

Their very success soon made Breguet’s watches a tempting target for counterfeiters. In 1795, Breguet came up with a

countermeasure : the secret signature. Etched into the dial, the signature is all but invisible unless the dial is examined in oblique

light. Still a token of authenticity today, the secret signature has remained a feature of most Breguet dials down to the present.


Around 1786, Breguet began fitting his watches with engine-turned silver or gold dials of his own design. The craft of carving

recurring patterns in metal is rare today, but it remains one of the details that identify Breguet watches. Manually engine-turned,

their dials are celebrated for the fineness of their patterns, reflecting the regularity of the movements within.

An engine-turned dial is indisputably a true work of art. Smooth to start with, the solid gold dial plate is first worked with

a hand graver to outline and hollow out the areas of the dial reserved for such indications as the power reserve, the phases of

the moon, the subdial for the seconds and others, depending on the model. Engine-turning as such can now begin, resulting in a

finely textured, glareproofed matt surface. Not only do the decorative patterns selected – clou de Paris hobnailing, pavé de Paris

cobbling, sunburst, barleycorn, waves, crossweave, checkerboard, flame and many more – make the dial far easier to read, they

also contribute greatly to its unique character.

Today still, Breguet craftsmen continue to use engine-turning lathes designed and built over a century ago. With a precision

of a tenth of a millimeter, they engrave intricate patterns reflecting their uncommon virtuosity. From start to finish, engine-turning

depends essentially on the craftsman’s sharp eye and steady hand, of which the lathe is but an extension.

Once the dial plate has been meticulously engine-turned by hand, it is silver coated using techniques developed over two

centuries ago : powdered silver is delicately brushed on the plate with circular or linear movements, depending on the type of

satin-like finish desired.

Engine-turned dials

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Today, the same kind of engine-turned guilloché work engraved on gold Breguet dials is also executed on delicate and brittle

plates of mother-of-pearl – a truly impressive achievement in its own right.


Breguet numerals Some Breguet watches display the distinctive numerals that A.- L. Breguet designed. Although he himself was no calligraphist,

Breguet’s Arabic numerals show his flair for combining function with elegance. Still used today, particularly on watches with enamel

dials, Breguet numerals first appeared before the French Revolution when they shared the dial with tiny stars to mark the minutes

and stylised fleur-de-lys at five-minute intervals. By 1790 they had assumed their definitive form.

Caseband fluting The fluting ( fine grooves enhanced with double beading ) on the caseband of Breguet’s watches is another of the discreet

decorative details that constitute what has become known as the Breguet style. In common with many period Breguet timepieces,

most of its modern wristwatches have fluted casebands - one of the features that set them apart from other watches. The fluted

pattern is cold-rolled into the caseband then finished by hand on a mechanical workpiece-holder.

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Breguet hands

Breguet watches have featured its founder’s celebrated hollow, eccentric “moon” tip watch hands for over two centuries now.

Designed around 1783, his slim, sleek hands proved an instant success and the expression “Breguet hands” soon became a common

watchmaker’s term. Simple and easy-to-read, they are found on most Breguet timepieces and have been widely imitated by others.

Lugs

Although essential only to wristwatches, the lugs that link the strap to the case bear all the hallmarks of authentic Breguet

styling. Screw-pins, rather than the more usual sprung bars, hold the strap between the horns, a solution that is not only better

looking but also more secure. The lugs have to be welded onto the caseband as much for the technical reasons of rigidity and

strength as for aesthetic consistency. Equally exacting is the drilling of the hole for the winding stem. Only absolute precision

ensures a watertight case.


Conveying an ultimate touch of elegance and refinement, the writing instruments and cufflinks reflect the brand signature

features, such as the famous fluted pattern. The writing instruments crafted in silver pay tribute to literature and to the authors who

have honoured Breguet. Whether the cufflinks reveal something of the celebrated engine-turned or white grand feu enamelled dials,

reinterpret the Clou de Paris hobnail design, feature the Breguet initial or a miniature oscillating weight, all salute the splendour

of the brand’s timepieces and the skill of its watchmaking artisans.

Writing instruments and cufflinks. A sense of presence and refinement.

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Fountain pen, ref. WI01AG03F.Roller pen, ref. WI02AG03F. Ballpoint pen / mechanical pencil, ref. WI03AG03F.Complete set, ref. WIS1AG03F.


18-carat white gold. Middle section set with diamonds, silvered gold dial engine-turned by hand, ref. 9905.BB.GU.D.

Available exclusively from Breguet boutiques.

18-carat yellow gold with Clou de Parishobnail motif, ref. 9901.BA.CP.

18-carat white gold. Black rhodium-plated gold dial engine-turned by hand, ref. 9905.BB.5847.

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18-carat white gold and onyx, with oscillating weight, ref. 9907.BB.OX.

18-carat rose gold and chocolate-brown enamel with Breguet “B”, ref. 9903.BR.EC.

18-carat rose gold with moon-phase display on grand feu enamelled background, réf. 9905.BR.7787.

Hand chamfering. Hand chamfering or bevelling is a meticulous and delicate finish that calls for a blend of know-how and dexterity. The operation consists of rounding off the sharp edges of watch parts using a succession of different files and then a buff composed of a lath of wood covered with emery paper. The chamfer achieved is polished with a burnisher, a small tool generally made of ground steel coated with diamantine polishing powder. The outline of the parts is thus accentuated by creating a luminous shimmering effect.

//53 T R A D I T I O N

The Tradition collection pays a vibrant tribute to the memory of Breguet. Inspired by the legendary souscription watches of

Breguet, Tradition timepieces suggest both a return to the brand’s origins and a vision of its future. Aptly reconciling established and

avant-garde styling, their dial face accommodates horological complications in trim, aesthetically sweeping compositions. True to the

rules of flawless craftsmanship instituted two centuries ago, even their most modest parts receive a sand-blasted surface finish,

meticulously applied by hand. Masterly expressions of time’s elusive complexity, Tradition timepieces deftly capture its innermost spirit.

The Tradition collection by Breguet. An invitation to journey through time and beyond time.

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Available in yellow gold with gilt movement and silvered gold dial, ref. 7027BA/11/9V6 or in white gold with silvered

movement and silvered gold dial, ref. 7027BB/11/9V6.

7027BB/G9/9V6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated above and underneath. Off-centred black dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Diameter : 37 mm.

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7027BR/G9/9V6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated above and underneath. Off-centred black dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 37 mm.

7027BR/R9/9V6Tradition wristwatch in

18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve

indicated above and underneath. Off-centred black dial in gold,

hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback.

Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 37 mm.

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7037BB/11/9V6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with retrograding seconds hand. Off-centred silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 38 mm.

7037BA/11/9V6Tradition wristwatch in

18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with

retrograding seconds hand. Off-centred silvered gold dial,



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7057BB/11/9W6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated on the dial and on the back. Off-centred silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Diameter : 40 mm.

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7057BR/G9/9W6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated on the dial and on the back. Off-centred black dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in white gold with slate grey movement.Diameter : 40 mm.

T R A D I T I O N

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7057BR/G9/9W6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated on the dial and on the back. Off-centred black dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in white gold with slate grey movement.Diameter : 40 mm.

7057BR/R9/9W6Tradition wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with power reserve indicated on the dial and on the back. Off-centred black dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Diameter : 40 mm.

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7067BR/G1/9W6 Tradition GMT wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement. Second time-zone indicator. Day/night indicator. Off-centred local time subdial in silvered gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Black off-centred reference time subdial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Power-reserve indicator on the back of the movement. Silicon balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 40 mm.

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7047PT/11/9ZUTradition “Grande Complication” wristwatch in platinum, with fusee tourbillon. Balance spring in silicon. Hand-wound movement with power reserve displayed on the barrel drum. Off-centred silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Diameter : 41 mm.

T R A D I T I O N G R A N D E S C O M P L I C A T I O N S

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7047BA/11/9ZUTradition “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold, with fusee tourbillon. Balance spring in silicon. Hand-wound movement with power reserve displayed on the barrel drum. Off-centred silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 41 mm.

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Available with a rose-gilted movement, ref. 7047BR/R9/9ZU.

7047BR/G9/9ZU Tradition “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold with fusee tourbillon. Balance spring in silicon. Hand-wound movement with power reserve displayed on the barrel drum. Black off-centred gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 41 mm.

Engine turning an oscillating weight. The engine-turning lathe, or rose engine, is a time-honoured instrument enabling the artisan to engrave tiny tenth of a millimetre motifs in gold using a traditional technique. The comb ination of straight and circular lines creates intricate yet elegantly restrained patterns.

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Whether extra-thin models with manually wound or automatic movements or complicated watches, they are all true to the technical

principles, the artistry and the traditional values of the Breguet watch. Classique wristwatches capture the essence of Breguet’s original

features. In some models, the precious materials of former times and fired enamel dials with Arabic numerals will delight Breguet enthusiasts.

The Classique wristwatches exemplifythe watchmaking ideals of precision, clarity and elegant lines.

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5157BB/11/9V6Extra-thin Classique wrist watch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement. Balance spring and lever in silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 38 mm.


5907BA/12/984Classique wristwatch in

18-carat yellow gold. Hand-wound movement with

seconds subdial. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose

engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Also in white or rose gold. Diameter : 34 mm.

5920BA/15/984Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with date and seconds subdial. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white or rose gold. Diameter : 34 mm.

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5930BA/12/986Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with date. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Diameter : 35.50 mm.


5967BA/11/9W6Extra-thin Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Hand-wound movement. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 41 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet,ref. 5177BR/12/RV0.

5177BR/12/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or white gold. Diameter : 38 mm.


5177BB/29/9V6Classique wristwatch

in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date.

Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. White grand feu

enamel dial. Breguet Arabic numerals. Secret signature. Sapphire caseback. Water-

resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in yellow or rose gold.

Diameter : 38 mm.Available with white gold bracelet,ref. 5177BB/29/BV0.

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5178BR/29/9V6 D000Classique wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Bezel set with 84 diamonds, approx. 0.634 ct. Self-winding movement with date. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. White grand feu enamel dial. Breguet Arabic numerals. Secret signature. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or white gold.Diameter : 38 mm.


5140BA/12/9W6Classique wristwatch in

18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with

seconds subdial. Balance spring and lever in silicon.

Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.


5140BA/29/9W6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with seconds subdial. Balance spring and lever in silicon. White grand feu enamel dial. Breguet Arabic numerals. Secret signature. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Diameter : 40 mm.

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5140BB/12/9W6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with seconds subdial. Balance spring and lever in silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 40 mm.


5207BB/12/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement. Retrograding seconds subdial and power-reserve indicator. Off-centred chapter ring. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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Available with yellow gold bracelet, ref. 5207BA/12/AV0.

5207BA/12/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement. Retrograding seconds subdial and power-reserve indicator. Off-centred chapter ring. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

5207BB/12/BV0Classique wristwatch

in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement.

Retrograding seconds subdial and power-reserve indicator.

Off-centred chapter ring. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a

rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar

( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 39 mm.

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8067BA/52/964Classique wristwatch in

18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement.

Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose

engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar

( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 30 mm.

Available with yellow gold bracelet, ref. 8067BA/52/AC0.

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8068BB/52/BCO DD00Classique wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and lugs set with 64 diamonds, approx. 1.09cts . Self-winding movement. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold.Diameter : 30 mm.

8068BB/52/964 DD00Classique wristwatch in

18-carat white gold. Bezel and lugs set with 64 diamonds,

approx. 1.09cts . Self-winding movement. Natural

mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose

engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Also in yellow gold.Diameter : 30 mm.


Also available: 36 mm diameter,ref. 8787BR/29/986.

7787BR/29/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with power-reserve indicator and phases and age of the moon. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. White grand feu enamel dial with Breguet Arabic numerals and secret signature. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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Also available: 36 mm diameter, bezel and lugs set with diamonds,ref. 8788BB/12/986 DD00 and 8788BR/12/986 DD00.

7787BB/12/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with power-reserve indicator and phases and age of the moon. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold. Diameter : 39 mm.

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Also Available: 39 mm diameter, bezel and lugs set with diamonds, ref. 7788BR/29/9V6 DD00.

8788BR/29/986 DD00Classique wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Bezel and lugs set with 96 diamonds, approx. 0.768ct. Self-winding movement with power-reserve indicator and phases and age of the moon. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. White grand feu enamel dial with Breguet Arabic numerals and secret signature. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 36 mm.


Watch No.5, started in 1787 but only finished in March 1794 by A.-L. Breguet for Count Journiac St. Méard. In 2001, it was bought back by Nicolas G. Hayek for the Breguet Museum. This watch inspired the reference 3137 wristwatch of today.

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3137BA/11/986Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with date, power-reserve indicator and phases and age of the moon. Balance spring and leverin silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 35.50 mm.



7137BA/11/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding extra-thin movement with date, power-reserve indicator and phases and age of the moon. Balance spring and leverin silicon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 39 mm.

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A watch only comes to life in a master watchmaker’s expert hands. Drawing on his professional skills and experience, he assembles, fits and adjusts every component of the movement before encasing it and fitting on the dial.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 7337BR/1E/RV0.

7337BR/1E/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement showing the date, the day and the phases and age of the moon. Balance spring and lever in silicon. Seconds subdial. Off-centred chapter ring. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or white gold. Diameter : 39 mm.



5707BA/12/9V6Le Réveil du Tsar. Classique alarm wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with seconds subdial and date. Second time-zone indicator. Alarm time and alarm power-reserve indicators. Alarm on/off indicator. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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Available with white gold bracelet, ref. 5707BB/12/BV0.

5707BB/12/9V6Le Réveil du Tsar. Classique alarm wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with seconds subdial and date. Second time-zone indicator. Alarm time and alarm power-reserve indicators. Alarm on/off indicator. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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Clou de Paris on the main dial

Satiné circulaire on the hour circle

Sauté piqué (or liseré ) on the minute circle

Pointes de diamant (or Pavé de Paris ) on the subdial at the “3”

Vieux panier on the upper half of subdial at the “9”

Décor flammé on the lower half of subdial at the “9”

Grain d’orge circulaire on the small seconds subdial at the “6” (and on the rotor )

The seven engraved patterns on the dial of the Réveil du Tsar.


The classical “La Musicale” watch plays a crystal-toned version of “The Thieving Magpie” overture by Rossini, either on demand

or at the desired time, like a melodic reminder. Based on the 777 self-winding movement incorporating an escapement as well as

a balance spring both made in silicon, this technical masterpiece houses a patented musical mechanism. A disc carrying the pins

replaces the traditional music-box cylinder and alternately acts on the 15 metal teeth of the comb. A metallic glass membrane,

engine-turned by hand, placed beneath the movement and serving to amplify the frequencies required to emit the tune, sets the

finishing touch to this exceptional mechanism. The back of the gold case protecting the membrane in Liquidmetal® is drilled with

several openings designed to ensure optimal sound transmission. To enhance listening pleasure, the model is equipped with the

first magnetic strike governor in watchmaking history. This patented system, equipped with magnets isolated within a cage,

manages to eliminate background noise as well as the characteristic wear typical of classic strike-governors.

Further expressing the inimitable Breguet flair for details, the presentation box is crafted from resonance wood. Resonance

spruce is the main type of wood chosen by luthiers as the vibrating membrane on stringed instruments. This wood, found in the

Risoud forest of the Joux Valley which is home to the Manufacture Breguet, remarkably amplifies the tune of La Musicale.

7800BA/11/9YVLa Musicale. Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold.

Self-winding movement. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Rotating platinum coat dial hand-

engraved on a rose engine. Silvered gold chapter ring. Alarm on/off and autonomy indicators. Water-resistant to

3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Diameter : 48 mm.

“La Musicale” watch by Breguet.An encounter between Music and the Art of Watchmaking.

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5947BA/12/9V6Classique split-seconds chrono-graph in 18-carat yellow gold. Hand-wound movement with seconds subdial. 30-minute totaliser. Split-seconds pushpiece in the crown. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.Diameter : 39 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 5247BR/12/RV0.

5247BR/12/9V6Classique chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with seconds subdial and 30-minute totaliser. Tachometric scale indication. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Diameter : 39 mm.

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5247BR/29/9V6Classique chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement with seconds subdial and 30-minute totaliser. Tachometric scale indication. White grand feu enamel dial. Breguet Arabic numerals. Secret signature. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Diameter : 39 mm.

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5238BB/10/9V6 DD00Classique openworked chronograph in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound movementwith seconds subdial. 30-minute totaliser. Bezel, lugs and case-band paved with 96 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 13cts. Diameter : 40.30 m m.

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Gold, platinum, precious stones, mother-of-pearl. Breguet makes a point of selecting only the finest and noblest metals and materials for its exceptional timepieces.

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Available with yellow gold bracelet, ref. 5327BA/1E/AV0.

5327BA/1E/9V6Classique wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding extra-thin movement engraved by hand, with perpetual calendar showing the day, date, month, leap year and the phases and age of the moon. Balance spring and lever in silicon. Power-reserve indicator. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white or rose gold and in platinum. Diameter : 39 mm.

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From first glance, Hora Mundi is an invitation to journey across oceans and continents. Europe-Africa, Asia-Oceania or

America : three parts of the world are respectively depicted on three different models.

This set of three dials for a time-zone watch featuring understated indications conceals a single and extremely ingenious

mechanism. The fact that the display of the local time zone and of any other selected time zone is provided by the same hands

implies instant time change in order for the watch to be truly functional. This technical feat is accomplished by means of a

mechanical memory system featuring two heart-shaped cams. Another challenge it embodies lies in ensuring that the date and

the day/night indication are instantly aligned with the time displayed.

The Classique Hora Mundi is thus the first mechanical instant-jump time-zone watch with a mechanical memory providing

synchronised displays of the date, day/night indication and city.

Hora Mundi. A new generation of time-zone watches.

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Available with America dial, ref. 5717PT/US/9ZU, or Asia-Oceania dial, ref. 5717PT/AS/9ZU.

5717PT/EU/9ZUClassique “Hora Mundi” wristwatch in platinum. Self-winding movement. Instant-jump time-zone display with synchronised date, day/night indication and city. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Gold dial depicting the continents of Europe and Africa, hand-engraved on a rose engine with “wave” motif coated with translucent lacquer. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold.Diameter : 43 mm.

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5717PT/US/9ZUClassique “Hora Mundi” wristwatch

in platinum. Self-winding movement. Instant-jump time-zone display with

synchronised date, day/night indication and city. Balance spring, lever and

escape wheel in silicon. Gold dial depicting the American continent, hand-engraved on a rose engine with “wave”

motif coated with translucent lacquer. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant

to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold.Diameter : 43 mm.

Available with Europe-Africa dial, ref. 5717PT/EU/9ZU, or Asia-Oceania dial, ref. 5717PT/AS/9ZU.

Available with Europe-Africa dial, ref. 5717BR/EU/9ZU, or America dial, ref. 5717BR/US/9ZU.

5717BR/AS/9ZUClassique “Hora Mundi” wristwatchin 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement. Instant-jump time-zone display with synchronised date, day/night indication and city. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Gold dial depicting the continents of Asia and Oceania, hand-engraved on a rose engine with “wave” motif coated with translucent lacquer. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum.Diameter : 43 mm.

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Available with America dial, ref. 5719PT/US/9ZV DD0D, or Europe-Africa dial, ref. 5719PT/EU/9ZV DD0D.

5719PT/AS/9ZV DD0DClassique “Hora Mundi” wristwatch in 950 platinum. Self-winding movement. Instant-jump time-zone display with synchronised date, day/night indication and city. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Dial depicting the Asia-Oceania continent set with 154 diamonds totalling approx. 0.399 ct with “wave” motif coated with translucent laquer. Chapter ring paved with 76 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 2.01cts, and with 83 baguette-cut sapphires totalling approx. 1.98 cts. Bezel, dial flange and lugs set with 130 baguette-cut diamonds totalling approx. 17.32cts. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30m). Diameter : 46 mm.

Chasing a movement. Using one of the many scorpers or gravers that he himself fashions on a grinding-wheel according to the motif to be executed, the artisan engraves the drawings freehand. Gifted with artistic flair and exemplary dexterity, he contributes to the unique nature of each part.

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The Classiques “Grandes Complications”. The Tourbillon.

A watch balance will go fast or slow depending on the position of the watch. Breguet addressed the problem by rotating the entire

balance and escapement around their common axis once a minute. This constant rotation averages out all the positional errors.

A.-L. Breguet received a patent from France’s Ministry of the Interior for a new regulating device known as the tourbillon on June 26,

1801. The document was dated according to the Republican calendar of the time, 7 Messidor, Year 9.

The tourbillon was perhaps too technically sophisticated for everyday use ; only 35 were sold between 1805 and A.-L. Breguet’s death

in 1823. But it came into its own in the hands of his successors, who acknowledged it as horology’s most ingenious invention.

Although progress has given watchmakers more conventional means of obtaining accuracy in wristwatches, the tourbillon retains

its fascination by reason of the complexity of its action and the sheer genius of its concept. For many, the tourbillon embodies the

scientific thinking of the Age of Reason.

Breguet’s tourbillon survives today because its complexity offers unlimited scope for refinement and improvement. In the space

of a wristwatch, balancing the forces and inertias generated by rotating and oscillating mechanisms becomes even more exacting.

The critical element is the construction of the lightweight yet strong carriage that rotates the movement’s regulating organ.

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5317BR/12/9V6Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat pink gold, with tourbillon. Self-winding movement engraved by hand. 5-day power-reserve indicator. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold and in platinum. Diameter : 39 mm.

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3357BR/12/986Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or white gold. Diameter : 35 mm.

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Available with platinum bracelet, ref. 3355PT/00/PA0.

3355PT/00/986Classique “Grande Complication” openworked wristwatch in platinum, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Chapter ring and seconds semi-circle in silvered gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 35 mm.


Available with gold dial hand-engraved on a rose engine and translucent red enamel coating, réf. 3358BB/2P/986 DD0D.

3358BB/2Y/986 DD0DClassique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat white gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Bezel and lugs set with 74 diamonds totalling approx. 1.33 cts. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Gold dial hand-engraved on a rose engine, with translucent blue enamel coating. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 35 mm.

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3358BB/52/986 DD00Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat white gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Bezel and lugs set with 74 diamonds, approx. 1.33 cts . Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Breguet Arabic numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 35 mm.

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The original drawing of the tourbillon in the patent awarded to its inventor, A.- L. Breguet, by France’s Ministry of the Interior on June 26, 1801 ( 7 Messidor Year 9 ).


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5357PT/12/9V6Classique “Grande Complication”

wristwatch in platinum, with tourbillon. Hand-wound

movement, engraved by hand. Running seconds on the

tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial,


Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold.

Diameter : 39 mm.Available with platinum bracelet, ref. 5357PT/12/PV0.

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Available with yellow gold bracelet, ref. 5357BA/1B/AV0.

5357BA/1B/9V6Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. ”B”-shaped running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum. Diameter : 39 mm.


5359BB/6B/9V6 DD0DClassique “Grande Complication” in 18-carat white gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Bezel, lugs and caseband paved with 134 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 10.37 cts . Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and paved with 356 diamonds, approx. 0.50ct . Diameter : 40.30 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 5335BR/42/RW0.

5335BR/42/9W6Tourbillon Messidor. Classique “Grande Complication” open-worked wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Invisible tourbillon bridge.Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum. Diameter : 40 mm.


3755PR/1E/9V6Classique “Grande Complication” openworked wristwatch in platinum, with tourbillon. Rose- gilded hand-wound movement engraved by hand. Perpetual calendar showing the day, date, month and leap year. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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3757BA/1E/9V6Classique “Grande Complication”

wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound

movement, engraved by hand. Perpetual calendar showing the day, date, month and leap year. Running

seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with

Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.

Sapphire caseback. Water-resistantto 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum.

Diameter : 39 mm. Available with yellow gold

bracelet, ref. 3657BA/12/AV0.

3657BA/12/9V6Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Power-reserve indicator and 24-hour time display. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum.Diameter : 39 mm.


1801BB/12/2W6Classique “Grande Complication”

wristwatch in 18-carat white gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound

movement, engraved by hand. Running seconds on the tourbillon

shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil.

Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Engine-

turned gold cover, inscribed “Tourbillon”. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Diameter : 40.50 mm.

1801BR/12/2W6Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Small seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Engine-turned gold cover, inscribed “Tourbillon”. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 40.50 mm.

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1808BR/92/9W6 DD00Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Small seconds on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Gold cover, inscribed “Tourbillon” and set with 706 diamonds, approx. 4.70 cts. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 40.50 mm.


Technically and aesthetically innovative, it comes equipped with twin rotating tourbillon carriages powered by a hand-wound

mechanical movement. Working independently from one another, the tourbillons are coupled via differential gears. These transmit the

tourbillons’ mean rate to the rotating centre plate. The time of day is shown by an hour hand mounted on the mechanism bearing

the pair of tourbillons and a standard minute hand at centre. Protected by a sapphire crystal, the back of this exceptional timepiece

reveals the fascinating beauty of its movement, itself engraved with a representation of the solar system.

The Classiques “Grandes Complications”. The Twin Rotating Tourbillon Watch.

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5347PT/11/9ZUClassique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in platinum with twin rotating tourbillons. Two inde-pendent tourbillons affixed by a bridge to a centre plate completing a rotation in 12 hours. Balance springs with Breguet overcoil. Manually engraved hand-wound movement. Silvered gold chapter ring. Centre plate hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire case-back. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold.Diameter : 44 mm.


5347BR/11/9ZUClassique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with twin rotating tourbillons. Two independent tourbillons affixed by a bridge to a centre plate completing a rotation in 12 hours. Balance springs with Breguet overcoil. Manually engraved hand-wound movement. Silvered gold chapter ring. Centre plate hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum. Diameter : 44 mm.

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5349PT/11/9ZU DD0DClassique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in platinum, with twin rotating tourbillons. Two independent tourbillons affixed by a bridge to a centre plate completing a rotation in 12 hours. Balance springs with Breguet overcoil. Manually engraved hand-wound movement. Bezel, lugs and caseband paved with 107 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 30.30 cts. Silvered gold chapter ring and centre plate paved with 310 diamonds, approx. 1.62 cts. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 50 mm.

5347BR/11/9ZUClassique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with twin rotating tourbillons. Two independent tourbillons affixed by a bridge to a centre plate completing a rotation in 12 hours. Balance springs with Breguet overcoil. Manually engraved hand-wound movement. Silvered gold chapter ring. Centre plate hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum. Diameter : 44 mm.


From time immemorial, the Sun has served as the basis of time measurement. Nonetheless, the visible orbit of the Sun – the

true solar time shown on sundials – is irregular.

Thanks to improvements in horological accuracy, watches and clocks have now become the foundation of our timekeeping

system and true solar time has been replaced by mean solar time in which all days are equal. The equation of time is the difference

between these two times. Mean solar tune runs up to 16 minutes behind true solar time, as is the case on November 3 ; or up to

14 minutes ahead of it, as is the case on February 12. The two values are exactly matched on just four days a year.

A.-L. Breguet made some remarkable watches indicating the equation of time, but Breguet has since refined the complication. The

firm’s horologists have devised and patented a perpetual equation of time mechanism, combined with a perpetual calendar. Both are

designed to function without correction for over two centuries.

The Classiques “Grandes Complications”. The Equation of time.

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3477BR/1E/986Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with perpetual equation of time, power-reserve indicator and perpetual calendar showing the day, date, month and leap year. Patented mechanism. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold or platinum. Diameter : 35.50 mm.

//141The characteristic equation of time cam reflecting

the representation of true solar time.

This non-scientific diagram provides a conventional illustration of the difference between mean solar time ( in which all days have an equal 24-hour duration ) and true solar time ( according to which days have a variable duration ranging from 23 hours and 44 minutes to 24 hours and 14 minutes ). The term “equation of time” refers to the difference between mean solar time and true solar time, and an “equation of time watch” means a timepiece capable of displaying this difference.

February 12~ +14 minutes

December 25

September 1

Representation of true solar time

Representation of mean solar time

June 14

November 3~ -16 minutes

April 16

Sun



The leading horologists of the late 17th century vied to create a chiming watch that would allow the time to be known on

demand in the dark. Around 1680 they produced the first repeating watches. Since then, a number of watchmakers have contributed

to the development of the repeater, improving its accuracy from the nearest quarter-hour to the nearest minute. A.-L. Breguet was

responsible for a decisive invention in the development of the repeater. Replacing the bells of the early repeaters with strip-steel gongs

curved around the movement, he greatly reduced the size of the repeating watch while retaining a good quality of sound.

A.-L. Breguet’s gongs are still essential to repeaters, while metallurgical advances have considerably improved their sound.

Building a minute repeater is the task of an experienced watchmaker. Along with a musical ear, it demands great manual dexterity.

The slightest mistake can ruin hours of work.

The Classiques “Grandes Complications”. The minute repeater.

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7637BB/12/9ZUClassique “Grande Complication” minute repeater wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Seconds subdial. 24-hour display with day and night sectors. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Also in rose gold. Diameter : 42 mm.


5447BB/1E/9V6Classique “Grande Complication”

minute repeater wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound

movement, engraved by hand with perpetual calendar showing

the day, date, month, leap year and phases and age of

the moon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.

Sapphire caseback. Diameter : 40 mm.

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5447BR/1E/9V6Classique “Grande Complication” minute repeater wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand with perpetual calendar showingthe day, date, month, leap year and phases and age ofthe moon. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback.Diameter : 40 mm.


7639BB/6D/9XV DD0DClassique “Grande Complication” minute repeater wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Bezel, caseband, repeating-lever and lugs set with 160 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 10.82 cts. Dial paved with 392 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 6.73 cts, silvered gold chapter ring with 12 diamond hour-markers, approx. 0.017ct. Sapphire caseback. Diameter : 44.50 mm.

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1907BA/12Classique “Grande Complication” pocket watch in 18-carat yellow gold, with grand strike and tourbillon. Manually engraved hand-wound movement with 2-way rotating crown. Off-centred chapter ring. Centre minute hand. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.Sapphire caseback.Diameter : 56.50 mm.

Engine-turning a case-back. Expressing a keen sense of detail, the case-back is engraved by an artisan who handles the engine-turning lathe with great sensitivity: the operation is performed by the craftsman’s hand, of which the instrument is but an extension.

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Marine watches are based on the traditional Breguet values, while interpreting them in a contemporary way in order to

create sporty timepieces. The Marine watches possess all the qualities laid down by A.-L. Breguet as chronometer maker to the

French Navy. A reinforced case and a protected crown make the Marine watches safe in action, while their workmanship and

styling show that elegance always outranks fashion.

The Marine Collection. Breguet, chronometer maker to the French Royal Navy.

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Available with steel bracelet, ref. 5817ST/92/SV0.

5817ST/92/5V8Marine wristwatch in steel. Self-winding movement with large date and centre seconds hand. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar (100m).Diameter: 39mm.

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5817ST/12/5V8Marine wristwatch in steel.

Self-winding movement with large date and centre

seconds hand. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on

a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown.


Available with steel bracelet, ref. 5817ST/12/SV0.

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5817BA/12/9V8Marine wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Self-winding movement with large date and centre seconds hand. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).Diameter : 39 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet,ref. 5817BR/Z2/RV0.

5817BR/Z2/5V8Marine wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with large date and centre seconds hand. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 5827BR/Z2/RM0.

5827BR/Z2/5ZUMarine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date and seconds subdial. 15-minute sector. Centre chrono-graph minutes and seconds. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

Available with rose gold bracelet,ref. 5817BR/Z2/RV0.

5817BR/Z2/5V8Marine wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with large date and centre seconds hand. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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5827BB/12/5ZUMarine chronograph in 18-carat

white gold. Self-winding movement with date and seconds subdial.

15-minute sector. Centre chronograph minutes and seconds. Silvered

gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire

caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).

Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 42 mm.

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5827BB/12/BM0Marine chronograph in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date and seconds subdial. 15-minute sector. Centre chronograph minutes and seconds. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 42 mm.

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Available in steel with a silvered gold dial, ref. 5857ST/12/5ZU.

5857BR/Z2/5ZUMarine GMT wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement. Second time-zone, 24-hour and date indications. Balance spring in silicon. Silvered gold and black rhodium dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

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5847BR/32/5ZVMarine Royale alarm

wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement

with date. Alarm power-reserve indicator. Self-winding alarm on/off

indicator. Rose-gilded gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.

Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 30 bar ( 300 m ).

Diameter : 45 mm. Available with rose gold bracelet,ref. 5847BR/32/RZ0.

Available with rubber strap, ref. 5847BB/92/5ZV.Available with silvered dial, ref. 5847BB/12/BZ0.

5847BB/92/BZ0Marine Royale alarm wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date. Alarm power-reserve indicator. Self-winding alarm on/off indicator. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 30 bar (300 m ).Diameter : 45 mm.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 5847BR/Z2/RZ0.

5847BR/Z2/5ZVMarine Royale alarm wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date. Alarm power-reserve indicator. Self-winding alarm on/off indicator. Dial in slate grey rhodium-plated gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 30 bar ( 300 m ). Diameter : 45 mm.

Available with rubber strap, ref. 5847BB/92/5ZV.Available with silvered dial, ref. 5847BB/12/BZ0.

5847BB/92/BZ0Marine Royale alarm wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date. Alarm power-reserve indicator. Self-winding alarm on/off indicator. Black rhodium gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 30 bar (300 m ).Diameter : 45 mm.

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Available with white gold bracelet, ref. 5847BB/12/BZ0.Available with black dial, ref. 5847BB/92/5ZV.

5847BB/12/5ZVMarine Royale alarm wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date. Alarm power-reserve indicator. Self-winding alarm on/off indicator. Silveredgold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 30 bar ( 300 m ). Diameter : 45 mm.

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In 1795, Breguet bent the outer coil of a balance spring towards the balance-staff to form a carefully calculated curve. Thanks to their “Breguet overcoil”, balance springs could now develop concentrically, thereby improving timekeeping precision.

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Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 5837BR/92/RZ0.

5837BR/92/5ZUMarine chronograph “Grande Complication” in 18-carat rose gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Tourbillon carriage in titanium. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Black rhodium dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

//170 M A R I N E G R A N D E S C O M P L I C A T I O N S

5837PT/U2/5ZUMarine chronograph “Grande Complication” in platinum, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Tourbillon carriage in titanium. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Dial in silvered platinum-coated gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).Diameter : 42 mm.

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5839BB/6D/9ZU DD0DMarine chronograph “Grande Complication” in 18-carat white gold, with tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Tourbillon carriage in titanium. Running seconds on the tourbillon shaft. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Bezel, caseband, lugs, crown and pushpieces paved with 186 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 11.77cts. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and set with 132 diamonds, approx. 0.35 ct. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Diameter : 43 mm.

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Available with a 15-minute sector paved withbaguette-cut diamonds, ref. 5829BR/8D/9ZU DD0D.

5829BR/8R/9ZU DD0DMarine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds. Centre chronograph minutes and seconds. Bezel, lugs and caseband paved with 158 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 10.45 cts . 15-minute sector paved with 55 baguette-cut rubies, approx. 1.12 cts. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

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Available with a 15-minute sector paved with baguette-cut sapphires, ref. 5829BB/8S/9ZU DD0D.

5829BB/8D/9ZU DD0DMarine chronograph in 18-carat white gold. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds. Centre chronograph minutes and seconds. Bezel, lugs and caseband paved with 158 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 10.45 cts . 15-minute sector paved with 55 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 0.85 ct. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

Available with a 15-minute sector paved withbaguette-cut diamonds, ref. 5829BR/8D/9ZU DD0D.

5829BR/8R/9ZU DD0DMarine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds. Centre chronograph minutes and seconds. Bezel, lugs and caseband paved with 158 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 10.45 cts . 15-minute sector paved with 55 baguette-cut rubies, approx. 1.12 cts. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire caseback. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

//174 M A R I N E

8818BB/59/564 DD00Marine wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and lugs set

with 58 diamonds, approx. 1.25 cts. Self-winding movement. Natural

mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and set with 10 diamonds, approx.

0.025 ct. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 30 mm.

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8818BB/59/864 DD0DMarine wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and lugs set with 58 diamonds, approx. 1.25 cts. Self-winding movement. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and set with 10 diamonds, approx. 0.025 ct. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold. Diameter : 30 mm.

//176 M A R I N E

Women have demanded and inspired some of Breguet’s most spectacular achievements from the firm’s earliest days. The

Marie-Antoinette watch, for example, is one of the most important ( and sought-after ) timepieces in the history of horology. Noteworthy

also is the first wristwatch, a Breguet invention for Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. It is thus for ladies’ watch that Breguet has

stretched technical limits to create the smallest self-winding chronograph of its class. Full chronograph functions, governed precisely

by a column-wheel and a self-winding movement with a date and running seconds interact in a 10 1/2 line calibre barely 6mm thick.

In a lady’s watchcase, the chronograph is transformed into a tiny, but perfect, mechanical jewel.

A masterpiece in miniature. The smallest self-winding chronograph movement in the world.

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8827ST/59/986 Marine chronograph in steel. Self-winding movement with date calendar and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Natural mother-of-pearl dial. Water-resistant to 5 bar ( 50 m ). Diameter : 34.60 mm.

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8827BR/52/586Marine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date calendar and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 5 bar ( 50 m ). Diameter : 34.60 mm.

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8828BR/5D/586 DD00Marine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date calendar and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and set with 7 diamonds, approx. 0.0105 ct. Bezel and lugs set with 74 diamonds, approx. 1.16 cts. Water-resistant to 5 bar ( 50 m ). Diameter : 34.60mm.

8828BB/5D/586 DD00Marine chronograph in 18-carat

white gold. Self-winding movement with date calendar and subdial

for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Natural mother-

of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and set with

7 diamonds, approx. 0.0105 ct. Bezel and lugs set with 74 diamonds, approx. 1.16 cts.

Water-resistant to 5 bar ( 50 m ). Diameter : 34.60mm.

8827BR/52/586Marine chronograph in 18-carat rose gold. Self-winding movement with date calendar and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 5 bar ( 50 m ). Diameter : 34.60 mm.

Straightening. At the crossroads between finishing and decoration, straightening serves to create a satin-brushed effect on the parts, thus contributing to the play on aesthetic contrasts within the movement. The steel parts are held securely in their bases and hand-worked on emery paper.

//182 H É R I T A G E

A Breguet watch does not need its conventional round case to be recognised for what it is. The Héritage models show that even

in a curved tonneau case, a Breguet remains unmistakably a Breguet. Adapting late 18 th century styling concepts to the shapes of

the 21st century demands a great deal from design engineers, casemakers and dialmakers. But the perfect curves of the case and

the delicately engine-turned dial set off the caseband fluting and exquisitely designed lugs to their best advantage.

Héritage collection. The curve that challenges technical mastery.

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Available with white gold bracelet,ref. 5480BB/12/BB0.

5480BB/12/996Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement with large date and running seconds. Curved silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or rose gold. Dimensions : 40.40 x 34 mm.

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5400BB/12/9V6 Héritage chronograph in 18-carat white gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Curved silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold. Dimensions : 42 x 35 mm.

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5497BR/12/9V6Héritage “Grande Complication”

wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold, with tourbillon. Curved tonneau-

shaped case. Hand-wound movement, engraved by hand. Small seconds

on the tourbillon shaft. Compensating balance spring with Breguet overcoil.

Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Partial sapphire

caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in platinum

Dimensions : 42 x 35 mm. Available with rose gold bracelet,ref. 5497BR/12/RB0.

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//188 H É R I T A G E

3661BR/12/984 DD00Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement with running seconds. Bezel and lugs set with 56 diamonds, approx. 1.869 ct. Curved silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Dimensions : 35 x 29.60 mm.

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3660BB/12/984Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement with running seconds. Curved silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold. Dimensions : 35x 29.60 mm.

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Available with white gold bracelet, ref. 8861BB/11/BB0 D000.

8861BB/11/386 D000 Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Bezel set with 140 diamonds, approx. 1.14 cts. Self-winding movement. Retrograde moon-phase indicator. Balance-spring in silicon. Cambered frosted silvered and natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in rose gold. Dimensions : 35 x 25 mm.

8860BR/11/RB0 Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat

rose gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement.

Retrograde moon-phase indicator. Balance-spring in silicon. Cambered frosted silvered and natural mother-

of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold.

Dimensions : 35 x 25 mm.

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8860BR/11/386 Héritage wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Curved tonneau-shaped case. Self-winding movement. Retrograde moon-phase indicator. Balance-spring in silicon. Cambered frosted silvered and natural mother-of-pearl dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in white gold. Dimensions : 35 x 25 mm.

Engraving an oscillating weight. Hand engraving is an art form that highlights the aesthetic beauty of the component and also endows it with unique character.

//193 R E I N E D E N A P L E S G R A N D E S C O M P L I C A T I O N S

Breguet creations have consistently attracted and fascinated women, including famous patrons such as Marie-Antoinette, Queen of

France, the Marquise de Condorcet, and the Empress Josephine of France. The list of Breguet’s fervent female admirers also includes

Caroline Murat, to whom he delivered in 1812 – two hundred years ago already – a model that was truly unprecedented at the time:

the first wristwatch. Its oval shape was not less exceptional. The description meticulously recorded in the company archives hints at

the refined and ingenious nature of this model : “oblong-shaped minute repeater watch ( ... ), the said watch being fitted with a wristlet

made of hair intertwined with gold thread”.

The models in the Reine de Naples line, anthems of praise to femininity, are inspired by this legendary creation : resolutely

modern, refined and suffused with an exquisitely poetic touch.

Reine de Naples Collection. Breguet created the first wristwatch for a queen.

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8973BB/6S/8H4 SD0DReine de Naples “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat white gold with hour strike. Bezel and lug set with 29

diamonds totalling approx. 0.918 ct and 27 blue sapphires totalling approx. 2.84 cts. Dial flange set with 77 diamonds, approx

0.16 ct. Alarm on/off indicator set with one diamond. Self-winding movement engra-ved by hand. Balance spring and lever in

silicon. Dial paved with 156 diamonds, approx. 0.42 ct and with 303 blue sap-

phires, approx. 0.84 ct. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Dimensions : 40.10 x 32 mm.

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8978BB/58/974 D00DReine de Naples “Grande Complication” wristwatch in 18-carat white gold withhour strike. Bezel set with 30 diamonds weighing approx. 2.93 cts. Alarm on/off indicator set with one diamond. Self-winding movement engraved by hand. Balance spring and lever in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Breguet Arabic numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Dimensions : 38.45 x 30.40 mm.

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Available with white gold bracelet, ref. 8908BB/52/J20 D000.

8908BB/52/864 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 128 diamonds weighing approx. 0.83 ct. Self-winding movement with running seconds. Power-reserve and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm.

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Available with yellow gold bracelet, ref. 8908BA/52/J20 D000.

8908BA/52/864 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 128 diamonds weighing approx. 0.83 ct. Self-winding movement with running seconds. Power-reserve and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm.


8908BB/5T/J70 D0DDReine de Naples “gold thread”

wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 117

diamonds, totalling approx. 0.99 cts. Lugs set with 22 diamonds, approx.

0.22 cts. Self-winding movement with small seconds. Power-reserve and

moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose

engine, and partly in natural Tahitian mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback.

Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm.


8909BB/VD/J29 DDDDReine de Naples wristwatch in

18-carat white gold. Bezel and case-band paved with 86 baguette-cut

diamonds, weighing approx. 6.85 cts. Self-winding movement. Power-reserve

and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose

engine paved with 67 diamonds, approx. 0.168 ct, and partly in blue

natural mother-of-pearl. Bracelet set with 650 diamonds, approx. 3.661 cts,

151 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 5.538 cts, and 11 diamonds,

approx. 1.188 cts. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.

8909BB/VD/864 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband paved with 89 baguette-cut diamonds, weighing approx. 7.12 cts. Self-winding movement. Power-reserve and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine paved with 67 diamonds, approx. 0.168 ct, and partly in blue natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.

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8909BB/VD/J29 DDD0Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband paved with 86 baguette-cut diamonds, weighing approx. 6.85 cts. Self-winding movement. Power-reserve and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine paved with 67 diamonds, approx. 0.168 ct, and partly in blue natural mother-of-pearl. Bracelet set with 650 diamonds, approx. 3.661 cts, 151 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 5.538 cts, and 11 sapphire cabochons, approx. 1.705 cts. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.


8909BB/5D/J21 RRRRReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband set with 48 baguette-cut rubies, approx. 4.31cts and 38 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 2.80 cts. Self-winding movement. Power-reserve and moon-phase indicators. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and paved with 67 diamonds, approx. 0.168 ct, and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Bracelet set with 371 diamonds, approx. 1.949 cts and 11 oval rubies, approx. 1.56 cts. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.

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Polishing gives the case its inimitable sheen without altering its original proportions. A painstaking manual process, perfect polishing demands an experienced eye and hand.


Available with a white gold bracelet set with diamonds, ref. 8918BB/58/J31 D0DD.

8918BB/58/J39 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 117 diamonds weighing approx. 0.99 ct. Self-winding movement. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Breguet Arabic numerals. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm.

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8918BB/58/864 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch

in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 117 diamonds

weighing approx. 0.99 ct. Self-winding movement. Silvered gold dial, hand-

engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl.

Breguet Arabic numerals. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct,

at 6 o’clock. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm

Available with white gold bracelet,ref. 8918BB/58/J20 D000.

Available with rose gold bracelet, ref. 8918BR/58/J20 D000.

8918BR/58/864 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 117 diamonds weighing approx. 0.99 ct. Self-winding movement. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl.Breguet Arabic numerals. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm


Available with satin strap, ref. 8918BR/58/864 D00D.

8918BR/58/J20 D000Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Bezel and dial flange set with 117 diamonds weighing approx. 0.99 ct. Self-winding movement. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine and partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Breguet Arabic numerals. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow or white gold. Dimensions : 36.50 x 28.45 mm


8939BB/6D/864 DD0DReine de Naples wristwatch in

18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband set with 91 baguette-cut

diamonds, approx. 6.65 cts. Self-winding movement. Chapter ring paved with 42 baguette-cut

diamonds, approx. 2.77 cts, and hour markers in natural

mother-of-pearl. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine.

Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Sapphire caseback.

Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.

8939BB/6D/J61 DDDDReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband set with 76 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 6.06 cts. Self-winding movement. Chapter ring paved with 42 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 2.77 cts, and hour markers in natural mother-of-pearl. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Bracelet paved with 320 diamonds, approx.14.05 cts. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.

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8939BB/6D/J49 DD0DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel and caseband set with 76 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 6.06 cts. Self-winding movement. Chapter ring paved with 42 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 2.77 cts, and hour markers in natural mother-of-pearl. Silvered gold dial, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Pear-cut diamond, approx. 0.09 ct, at 6 o’clock. Bracelet with pink Akoya pearls. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 38.50 x 30.45 mm.


8928BA/51/J60 DD0DReine de Naples “Charleston” wristwatch in 18-carat yellow gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Whitenatural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

8928BB/51/J60 DD0DReine de Naples “Charleston”

wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with

139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement.

Balance spring in silicon. Whitenatural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman

numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.


Available with white gold bracelet, ref. 8928BB/51/J20 DD00.

8928BB/51/844 DD0DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow and rose gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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8928BB/8D/844 DD0DReine de Naples wristwatch

in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139

diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance

spring in silicon. Silvered gold dial paved with 211 diamonds, approx.

0.63 ct. Off-centred chapter ring in natural mother-of-pearl with

Breguet numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).

Also in yellow and rose gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

8928BB/8D/J20 DD00Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Silvered gold dial paved with 211 diamonds, approx. 0.63 ct. Off-centred chapter ring in natural mother-of-pearl with Breguet numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Also in yellow and rose gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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Available with satin strap, ref. 8928BB/51/844 DD0D.

8928BB/51/J20 DD00Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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Available with satin strap, ref. 8928BR/51/844 DD0D.

8928BR/51/J20 DD00Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat rose gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

Available with satin strap, ref. 8928BB/51/844 DD0D.

8928BB/51/J20 DD00Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug set with 139 diamonds totalling approx. 1.32 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial. Off-centred chapter ring with Roman numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Also in yellow gold. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

//219 R E I N E D E N A P L E S A C I E R

In response to the demands of today’s woman, it sheds the classic visual characteristics of the Reine de Naples collection to

opt for the elegance of an oversized dial adorned with geometrical-patterned and undulating calligraphy-style raised numerals. The

sparkle of diamonds gives way to the shimmering gleam of the sturdy metal embracing the exquisite mother-of-pearl... The magic

weaves its spell, giving rise to a resolutely contemporary and daringly contrasted model.

When steel reinterprets the most emblematic exclusively feminine Breguet models.

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Also with blue natural mother-of-pearl dial, ref. 8967ST/V8/986.

8967ST/58/986Reine de Naples wristwatch in steel. Self-winding movement. Balance spring and escapement in silicon. White natural mother-of-pearl dial with Breguet Arabic numerals. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ).Dimensions : 43.75 x 35.50 mm.


The Reine de Naples Cammea features an unusual encounter between two arts: haute horlogerie and cameo carving, of which the

international capital, Torre del Greco, is located in the region of Naples. Distinguished by its unique nature, the cameo dial is a true

miniature sculpted in genuine seashell. Off-centred at 6 o’clock, the hour and minute hands seem to make themselves as discreet as

possible so as to let the cameo fully express its resplendent beauty. Using a simple steel stylus, the craftsman carves the different layers

of shell material to a depth of no more than two millimetres, achieving a sculpture of uncommon fineness. To achieve this, he carefully

selects and examines the shell’s various hues, its stratification, its perspectives and shadings as well as its overall transparency.

Reine de Naples Cammea. Breguet honours the hand-crafted cameo carving tradition.

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8958BB/51/974 D00DReine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel set with 40 diamonds, approx. 2.42 cts. Self-winding movement. Dial made out of seashell, crafted as a cameo. Water-resistant to 3 bar ( 30 m ). Dimensions : 40 x 31.95 mm.

//224 H I G H J E W E L L E R Y

From the very first, Breguet’s timepieces have captured the inner grace and harmony that cast women in the exalted role of

poet’s muse, inspiring artists and enthralling writers. Through the centuries, the spellbinding beauty, refinement and cultural

significance of its designs have never failed to appeal to discerning women everywhere. Aesthetic excellence and superlative

technical construction have thus earned watches by Breguet a fabled role in the life of history’s most illustrious women, including

Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, and Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples.

In salute to the contemporary woman. An homage to her sensibility and a celebration of her elegance.

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In salute to the contemporary woman. An homage to her sensibility and a celebration of her elegance.

GJE25BB20.8989FB1“Crazy Flower Full Baguette”. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Caseband set with 193 petals of diamond baguette on a mobile setting, totalling approx. 58.87 cts. Dial flange set with 66 diamonds, approx. 0.13 ct. Balance spring in silicon. Inward-sloping dial paved with 206 diamonds totalling approx. 0.80 ct. Bracelet set with 130 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 22.10 cts. Off-centred chapter ring set with 20 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 0.46 ct. Self-winding movement. Sapphire caseback.Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.


GJE25BB20.8989DB1Crazy Flower. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Caseband set with 116 petals of diamond baguette on a mobile setting, totalling approx. 34.57 cts. Dial flange set with 66 diamonds, approx. 0.13 ct. Balance spring in silicon. Inward-sloping dial paved with 206 diamonds totalling approx. 0.80 ct. Off-centred chapter ring set with 20 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 0.46 ct. Self-winding movement. Sapphire caseback.Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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GJE26BB20.8589DB1Petite Fleur. Wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Caseband set with 43 petals of diamond baguette on a mobile setting, totalling approx. 12.60 cts. Dial flange set with 48 diamonds, approx. 0.10 ct. Balance spring in silicon. Dial paved with 141 diamonds, approx. 0.52 ct. Self-winding movement. Sapphire caseback. Diameter: 17mm.

GJE25BB20.8989DB1Crazy Flower. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Caseband set with 116 petals of diamond baguette on a mobile setting, totalling approx. 34.57 cts. Dial flange set with 66 diamonds, approx. 0.13 ct. Balance spring in silicon. Inward-sloping dial paved with 206 diamonds totalling approx. 0.80 ct. Off-centred chapter ring set with 20 baguette-cut diamonds, approx. 0.46 ct. Self-winding movement. Sapphire caseback.Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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GJE16BB20.8924R**Marie-Antoinette “Dentelle”. Wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange and lug paved with 245 diamonds, total-ling approx. 3.36cts. Lacework paved with 89 diamonds, approx. 5.30cts and set with a ruby, approx. 1.30cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Silvered gold dial, set with 123 diamonds, approx. 0.30cts, partly in white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant. Dimensions : 33.5 x 26.45 mm.

H I G H J E W E L L E R Y

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GJE20BB20.8924D01Les Jardins du Petit Trianon - Les Glycines. Wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, dial flange, caseband and lug paved with 284 diamonds totalling approx. 3.81 cts. Bow motif set with 6 pear-shaped diamonds weighing approx. 1.42ct and paved with 71 diamonds representing approx. 4.17 cts. Balance spring in silicon. Self-winding movement. Dial in silvered gold and white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.


GJE23BB20.8924D**Le Petit Trianon. Wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, case-band, dial flange and lugs paved with 294 diamonds, approx. 3.22 cts, 2 princess-cut diamonds, approx. 0.815 ct and one emerald-cut diamond, approx. 2.01 cts. Self-winding move-ment. Balance spring in silicon. Silvered gold dial paved with 211 diamonds, approx. 0.63 ct. Off-centred chapter ring in natural mother-of-pearl with Breguet Arabic numerals. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 33.20 x 26.15 mm.

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GJE23BB20.8924D**Le Petit Trianon. Wristwatch in 18-carat white gold. Bezel, case-band, dial flange and lugs paved with 294 diamonds, approx. 3.22 cts, 2 princess-cut diamonds, approx. 0.815 ct and one emerald-cut diamond, approx. 2.01 cts. Self-winding move-ment. Balance spring in silicon. Silvered gold dial paved with 211 diamonds, approx. 0.63 ct. Off-centred chapter ring in natural mother-of-pearl with Breguet Arabic numerals. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 33.20 x 26.15 mm.

GJE15BB20.8924M01Rêve de Plume. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold paved with 940 diamonds, approx. 19.91 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Dial in silvered gold and white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.


GJE15BB20.8924E01Plumes. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold paved with 322 emeralds totalling approx. 7.71cts, 8 baguette-cut diamonds, approx 2.22 cts and 1,193 diamonds weighing approx. 33.84 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Dial in silvered gold and white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. A choice of versions is available on request. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

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GJE15BB20.8924DJ1Plumes. Reine de Naples wristwatch in 18-carat white gold paved with 341 yellow diamonds totalling approx. 10.87cts, 8 baguette-cutdiamonds, approx 2.22 cts and 1,395 diamonds weighing approx. 33.83 cts. Self-winding movement. Balance spring in silicon. Dial in silvered gold and white natural mother-of-pearl. Sapphire caseback. A choice of versions is available on request. Dimensions : 33 x 24.95 mm.

Chamfering on a lathe. This finish is performed by hand on a lathe equipped with various grinding wheels, and requires considerable dexterity: since a substantial amount of matter is removed, any mistakes would be hard to correct. The ultimate stage of this finish consists of polishing the chamfered part with a rubber block that gives the chamfer its full radiance.

//236 T Y P E X X - T Y P E X X I

Designed in the 1950s for the French naval air arm, the Type XX returns to the Breguet collection in a civilian version fitted with

a self-winding movement. Its chronograph, however, retains the flyback function needed for flying search patterns. Its uncompromising

looks and strong construction have made the Type XX popular among those seeking an original and technical sports watch. Breguet

makes Type XX watches in two versions : the Aéronavale and the Transatlantique, with date indication. Its Type XXI design features

a flyback minute totaliser at centre and a 24-hour time display.

An uncompromising look.The Type XX and Type XXI Breguet chronographs.

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3800ST/92/SW9Type XX Aéronavale flyback chronograph in steel. Self-winding movement, subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

3800ST/92/9W6Type XX Aéronavale flyback chronograph in steel. Self-winding movement, subdial

for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Graduated

turning bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown.


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3820ST/H2/9W6Type XX Transatlantique

flyback chronograph in steel. Self-winding movement with date

and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour

totalisers. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and

numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).

Diameter : 39 mm.

T Y P E X X T R A N S A T L A N T I Q U E

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3820ST/H2/SW9Type XX Transatlantique flyback chronograph in steel. Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds. 30-minute and 12-hour totalisers. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 39 mm.

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3810ST/92/9ZUType XXI flyback chronograph in steel with elapsed-minute register on a centre hand. Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds. Day/night indicator and 12-hour totaliser. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

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3810BR/92/9ZUType XXI flyback chronograph in 18-carat rose gold with elapsed minute register on a centre hand. Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds. Day/night indicator and 12-hour totaliser. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Diameter : 42 mm.

3810ST/92/SZ9Type XXI flyback chronograph

in steel with elapsed minute register on a centre hand.

Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds.

Day/night indicator and 12-hour totaliser. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and

numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).

Diameter : 42 mm.

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3810TI/H2/TZ9Type XXI flyback chronograph in titanium with elapsed minute register on a centre hand. Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds. Day/night indicator and 12-hour totaliser. Graduated turning bezel. Luminous hands and hour-markers. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).Diameter : 42 mm.

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3810TI/H2/3ZUType XXI flyback chronograph in titanium with elapsed minute register on a centre hand. Self-winding movement with date and subdial for the seconds. Day/night indicator and 12-hour totaliser. Graduatedturning bezel. Luminous hands and hour-markers. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ).Diameter : 42 mm.

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The Breguet Type XXII chronograph offers an aesthetic reinterpretation of the legendary Type XX, but above all embodies a

high-precision achievement. This creation is equipped with the first and only series-made mechanical chronograph movement with a

silicon escapement and balance spring boasting a frequency raised to 10Hz, meaning 72,000 vibrations per hour. This extremely high

frequency endows the Type XXII with exceptional accuracy and rating efficiency, thus enabling it to mark off 1/20ths of a second. The

seconds hand performs a complete rotation in 30 seconds. This technical feat is made possible by the use of silicon, which serves to

lighten the weight of the mobile escapement components and to reduce the lubrication constraints linked to such high frequencies.

World First at 10Hz. When the Type XXII redefines the notion of precision.

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3880ST/H2/3XVType XXII flyback chronograph in steel with seconds hands on a 30-second basis at the centre. Half-minute totaliser at the centre. High-frequency escapement in silicon (10Hz ). Breguet balance wheel with timing screws. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds on a 30-second basis. 24-hour indicator and second time- zone indicator. Two-way rotating and graduated bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Partial sapphire caseback.Diameter : 44mm.

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3880ST/H2/SX0Type XXII flyback chronograph in steel with seconds hands on a 30-second basis at the centre. Half-minute totaliser at the centre. High-frequency escapement in silicon (10Hz ). Breguet balance wheel with timing screws. Balance spring, lever and escape wheel in silicon. Self-winding movement with date and small seconds on a 30-second basis. 24-hour indicator and second time- zone indicator. Two-way rotating and graduated bezel. Luminous hands and numerals. Screw-locked crown. Water-resistant to 10 bar ( 100 m ). Partial sapphire caseback.Diameter : 44 mm.

//250 A D I C T I O N A R Y O F P A S S I O N

• Breguet spring. The spiral hairspring on which the balance swings on itself. As it expands and contracts, its coils tend to cluster alternately

at either of its extremities. This constant shift in its centre of gravity negatively affects the rate of the balance. In 1795, A.-L. Breguet solved the

problem by upraising the spring’s last coil and reducing its curvature. Called the “Breguet overcoil”, it forced the spring to develop concentrically,

reducing the wear on the balance pivot, thus improving the movement’s precision. Breguet springs are still widely used in the finest wristwatches.

Breguet further contributed to balance spring performance with a temperature-compensating device featuring a bimetallic blade.

• Calibre. Since the early 18th century, the calibre of a movement has denoted the position and size of its different components, notably the

wheel train and the barrel. Today, the term is used more generally to refer to the shape of the movement, its origins or its maker.

• Chronograph. A watch that both measures and displays elapsed times and shows conventional time. The chronograph mechanism, driven

by the movement of the watch, controls a centre seconds hand that can be started and stopped to time an event. A subsidiary dial records the

elapsed minutes. Two pushpieces in the caseband serve to operate and return the chronograph to zero.

• Chronometer. A precision watch with a movement that has been rated by an observatory or official testing laboratory. The standard procedure

involves measuring the performance of the movement at different temperatures and in different positions for 15 consecutive days. Movements that

meet the standard are issued a chronometer certificate. In Switzerland, these are issued by the COSC, the official chronometer-testing organisation.

• Escapement. The device at the heart of virtually all time-keeping mechanisms. It provides the impulses to maintain the oscillations of the

balance wheel or pendulum, which in turn governs the rate at which the escapement lets the wheels and the hands of the watch revolve. The

main escapement used by A.- L. Breguet were, in turn . 1. the lever escapement, still universally used. The lever divides into two pallets

Glossary.

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which lock and unlock the escape-wheel teeth. The action is governed by the balance engaging the other end of the lever. The escape teeth

sliding on the inclined pallets lift the lever to impulse the balance. 2. the ruby cylinder, which Breguet perfected. The teeth of the escape wheel

engage the inside and outside of a vertical hollow cylinder swinging on the balance-staff. The impulse is given by the inclined teeth of the escape

wheel on the lip of the ruby cylinder. A.- L. Breguet experimented with various escapements, developing his own designs – a natural-lift, oil-free

escapement in 1789, and a constant-force escapement in 1795.

• Flyback ( retour en vol ). A chronograph which restarts the instant it is brought back to zero. It is particularly useful for pilots. Actioning

the lower pushpiece only, they can time each successive leg of a search pattern, for example. Without this feature, they would have to use

two pushpieces to stop, return to zero and restart the chronograph while starting a new leg.

• Fusee-chain transmission. The fusee-chain transmission system improves rate regularity by guaranteeing constant torque to the move-

ment whatever the degree of wind of its mainspring ( a mechanical watch mainspring’s torque generally varies in step with its degree of wind ).

The cone-shaped fusee contains differential gears that transmit continuous force to the movement. When its mainsprings are fully wound

( i.e. with the chain wound all the way to the top of the fusee ) and traction strength is high, the chain linking the barrel to the fusee coils

itself around the narrowest part of the fusee. On the contrary, when the mainsprings are partially slack and their torque is weaker, the chain

will coil around the broadest part of the fusee.

• Grand strike. Strikes hours and quarter-hours automatically ; on request, can also be made to repeat hours, quarter hours and minutes

by actioning a slide-bolt.

//252 A D I C T I O N A R Y O F P A S S I O N

• Minute repeater. A watch that strikes the hours, quarters and minutes on gongs. The repeater is activated by a slide in the caseband.

• Pare-chute ( shock absorber ). The old term for a device to prevent the delicate pivots of the balance wheel snapping under shock.

A.-L. Breguet’s solution was to hold the pivot point in a concave cap-jewel held on a blade spring. A violent blow caused the pivot point

to slide in the hollow of the jewel, displacing it on its spring. The reduced shock could then be taken on the thicker shoulder of the balance staff. Also

known as a sprung-balance suspension, A.-L. Breguet’s invention is the ancestor of modern shock proofing for watches, such as the Incabloc system.

• Pendule sympathique (clock and watch combination). Conceived by A.- L. Breguet in 1795 and unveiled at France’s National Exhibition

of 1798, it consists of a pocket watch that sets and adjusts itself by a clock. The watch fits in a cradle on the clock. At 12 o’clock, the clock

releases a mechanism inside the watch which sets the watch to the same time. The watch determines the amount of error and adjusts its rate

faster or slower accordingly. A.-L. Breguet went on to develop even more ingenious versions that set and wound the watch hourly or daily. In the

latest development, dating from 1991, the clock sets and winds a wristwatch.

• Perpetual calendar. Showing the date, the day and the month, a watch or clock calendar is described as perpetual when it can auto matically

adjust for short and long months as well as for leap years.

• Perpétuelle ( self-winding ) watches. The name given by A.- L. Breguet to watches that are automatically wound in the pocket while

the wearer is walking or riding. A sprung weight on a pivoting arm jumps up and down to wind the mainspring. The modern self-winding

wrist watch has a spinning weight.

• Power-reserve (up-down) indicator. An indication of the state of wind of the mainspring. A hand on the dial points to the number of hours

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the movement will go before it runs down. A.- L. Breguet fitted his first perpétuelle self-winding watches from 1780 with this device, showing a

maximum of 60 hours’ power reserve on a sector on the dial. The power-reserve indicator is still used in certain types of watches.

• Repeating gong. For chiming watches, A.- L. Breguet replaced the bulky bells with resonant steel bars curved around the movement.

His development of the gong, dating from 1783, revolutionised the design of repeating watches, allowing them to be made much thinner.

• Split-seconds chronograph. A chronograph with two centre seconds hands. The extra hand runs concurrently with the main chronograph

hand but can be stopped independently then made to catch up with the running chronograph. The split-seconds mechanism thus records the

successive times of events that start together. The modern chronograph has its origins in the “observatory chronometer with twin seconds”

devised by A.- L. Breguet in 1820. It could record intermediary times or the duration of two concurrent events.

• Strike governor. A device ensuring a regular tempo for chiming watches.

• Tachometric scale. Dial divisions enabling speeds to be read in kilometres per hour or in another unit.

• Tact watch. An invention of A.-L. Breguet enabling the time to be felt on a watch. A hand on the back or front of the case can be moved until

it blocks. Its position – and thus the time – can be felt against hour-markers studding the case.

• Tourbillon. A.-L. Breguet was granted a patent for his best known invention on June 26, 1801 ( 7 Messidor, Year 9 of the French Republican

calendar ). The tourbillon compensates for differences in rate caused by a watch adopting different positions. The principle is to mount the

balance and escapement in a rotating carriage. They revolve about their common axis, going through all positions to average out the errors.

Tourbillon carriages or platforms usually rotate once a minute, but four-minute or six-minute tourbillons are also found.

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Reference index

1801BB/12/2W6 p.1381801BR/12/2W6 p.1381808BR/92/9W6 DD00 p.1391907BA/12 p.1593137BA/11/986 p.913355PT/00/986 p.1253357BR/12/986 p.124 3358BB/2Y/986 DD0D p.1263358BB/52/986 DD00 p.1273477BR/1E/986 p.1473657BA/12/9V6 p.1373660BB/12/984 p.2013661BR/12/984 DD00 p.2003755PR/1E/9V6 p.1363757BA/1E/9V6 p.1373800ST/92/9W6 p.2553800ST/92/SW9 p.2553810BR/92/9ZU p.2593810ST/92/9ZU p.2583810ST/92/SZ9 p.259 3810TI/H2/3ZU p.2613810TI/H2/TZ9 p.2603820ST/H2/9W6 p.2563820ST/H2/SW9 p.2573880ST/H2/3XV p.265

3880ST/H2/SX0 p.2675140BA/12/9W6 p.805140BA/29/9W6 p.805140BB/12/9W6 p.815157BB/11/9V6 p.715177BB/29/9V6 p.785177BR/12/9V6 p.775178BR/29/9V6 D000 p.795207BA/12/9V6 p.835207BB/12/9V6 p.825207BB/12/BV0 p.835238BB/10/9V6 DD00 p.1085247BR/12/9V6 p.1055247BR/29/9V6 p.1075317BR/12/9V6 p.1215327BA/1E/9V6 p.1115335BR/42/9W6 p.1355347BR/11/9ZU p.1445347PT/11/9ZU p.1415349PT/11/9ZU DD0D p.1455357BA/1B/9V6 p.1315357PT/12/9V6 p.1305359BB/6B/9V6 DD0D p.1325400BB/12/9V6 p.1975447BB/1E/9V6 p.154

5447BR/1E/9V6 p.1555480BB/12/996 p.1955497BR/12/9V6 p.1985707BA/12/9V6 p.965707BB/12/9V6 p.97 5717BR/AS/9ZU p.114 5717PT/EU/9ZU p.1135717PT/US/9ZU p.1145719PT/AS/9ZV DD0D p.1175817BA/12/9V8 p.1655817BR/Z2/5V8 p.1665817ST/12/5V8 p.1645817ST/92/5V8 p.1635827BB/12/5ZU p.1685827BB/12/BM0 p.1695827BR/Z2/5ZU p.1675829BB/8D/9ZU DD0D p.1835829BR/8R/9ZU DD0D p.1825837BR/92/5ZU p.1775837PT/U2/5ZU p.1805839BB/6D/9ZU DD0D p.1815847BB/12/5ZV p.1745847BB/92/BZ0 p.1725847BR/32/5ZV p.1725847BR/Z2/5ZV p.173

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5857BR/Z2/5ZU p.1715907BA/12/984 p.745920BA/15/984 p.745930BA/12/986 p.755947BA/12/9V6 p.1045967BA/11/9W6 p.766190AG/12 p.417027BB/G9/9V6 p.557027BR/G9/9V6 p.577027BR/R9/9V6 p.577037BA/11/9V6 p.587037BB/11/9V6 p.587047BA/11/9ZU p.667047BR/G9/9ZU p.677047PT/11/9ZU p.647057BB/11/9W6 p.597057BR/G9/9W6 p.607057BR/R9/9W6 p.617067BR/G1/9W6 p.637137BA/11/9V6 p.927337BR/1E/9V6 p.957637BB/12/9ZU p.1517639BB/6D/9XV DD0D p.1567787BB/12/9V6 p.87 7787BR/29/9V6 p.86

7800BA/11/9YV p.1018067BA/52/964 p.848068BB/52/964 DD00 p.858068BB/52/BCO DD00 p.85 8788BR/29/986 DD00 p.898818BB/59/564 DD00 p.1848818BB/59/864 DD0D p.185 8827BR/52/586 p.1888827ST/59/986 p.1878828BB/5D/586 DD00 p.1898828BR/5D/586 DD00 p.194 8860BR/11/386 p.2038860BR/11/RB0 p.2028861BB/11/386 D000 p.2028908BA/52/864 D00D p.2118908BB/52/864 D00D p.2108908BB/V2/864 D00D p.2118909BB/5D/J21 RRRR p.2168908BB/5T/J70 D0DD p.2128909BB/VD/864 D00D p.2148909BB/VD/J29 DDD0 p.2158909BB/VD/J29 DDDD p.2148918BB/58/864 D00D p.2198918BB/58/J39 D00D p.2188918BR/58/864 D00D p.219

8918BR/58/J20 D000 p.2228928BA/51/J60 DD0D p.2268928BB/8D/844 DD0D p.2298928BB/8D/J20 DD00 p.2298928BB/51/844 DD0D p.2288928BB/51/J20 DD00 p.2328928BB/51/J60 DD0D p.226 8928BR/51/J20 DD00 p.2338939BB/6D/864 DD0D p.2248939BB/6D/J49 DD0D p.2258939BB/6D/J61 DDDD p.2248958BB/51/974 D00D p.2378967ST/58/986 p.2358973BB/6S/8H4 SD0D p.2078978BB/58/974 D00D p.208GJE15BB20.8924E01 p.250GJE15BB20.8924DJ1 p.251GJE15BB20.8924M01 p.249GJE16BB20.8924R** p.246GJE20BB20.8924D** p.247GJE23BB20.8924D01 p.248GJE25BB20.8989DB1 p.244GJE25BB20.8989FB1 p.241GJE26BB20.8589DB1 p.245

Montres Breguet SA reserves the right to change models and prices.

Breguet Boutiques

Switzerland

Rue du Rhône 401204 GENEVA

Bahnhofstrasse 318001 ZURICH

Bahnhofstrasse 13780 GSTAAD

France

6, place Vendôme75001 PARIS 26, la Croisette06400 CANNES

Austria

Kohlmarkt 41010 VIENNA

Italy

Via Montenapoleone 1920121 MILAN

United Kingdom

10A, New Bond StreetW1S 3SP LONDON Russia

3, Red Square109 012 MOSCOW

Lenin Avenue 25620014 EKATERINBURG

USA

711 Fifth AvenueNY 10022 NEW YORK

779 Madison AvenueNY 10065 NEW YORK

280 North Rodeo DriveCA 90210 BEVERLY HILLS

Bellagio Las Vegas3600 Las Vegas Blvd. SouthNV 89109 LAS VEGAS

Bal Harbour Shops9700 Collins AvenueFL 33154 BAL HARBOUR

United Arab Emirates

Mall of the Emirates / Level 1Fashion DomeDUBAI

Dubai MallDUBAI

Etihad TowersABU DHABI

Singapore

#B1-119 The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands2 Bay Front Avenue018972 SINGAPORE

China

Shanghai Swatch Art Center Co.LtdPeace HotelBund 19 (No.23, East Nanjing Road)200002 SHANGHAI

No.168 Tai Cang RoadHuang Pu District, 200021 SHANGHAI

Ningbo Heyi Avenue Shopping Center, Shop 1048A, Zone CNo.88, Heyi Road315000 NINGBO

Beijing Scitech PlazaNo.22, Jianguomenwai Avenue100004 BEIJING

Park LifeNo.111-113 Beijing Park LifeNo.2 Jian Guo Men Wai StreetChao Yung District100022 BEIJING

GFL Grand Hyatt BeijingNo.1 East Chang An AvenueDong Cheng District100738 BEIJING

Macao

Shop 2011, Level 3Grand Canal ShoppesThe Venetian Macao

Hong Kong S.A.R.

Shop G05 & Shop 2051881 Heritage, 2A Canton RoadTsimshatsui, Kowloon HONG KONG

Taiwan

Taipei 1014F, N°.45, Shifu Rd.TaipeiTAIWAN 11001

Korea

Hyundai Main2F, Hyundai Dept. StoreApgujeong Main Branch429 Apgujeong-dongGangnam-gu 135-904 SEOUL

Galleria MainB1F, Galleria Luxury Hall515 Apgujeong-dongGangnam-gu135-902 SEOUL

2F, Lotte Avenuel130 Namdaemunno - 2gaJung-gu100-092 SEOUL

Japan

Nicolas G. Hayek Center7-9-18 GinzaChuo-ku104-8188 TOKYO

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