BREGUET

BREGUET watches

Breguet is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Currently part of The Swatch Group, its timepieces are now (since 1976) produced in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland. It is one of the oldest surviving watch-making establishments and is the pioneer of numerous watch-making technologies, the most notable being the tourbillon, invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet. It also produced the first wrist watch in 1810.

HISTORY

Breguet was founded in 1775 by Abraham-Louis Breguet, a Swiss watchmaker born to Hugenot parents in Neuchâtel. He studied watch making for 10 years under Ferdinand Berthoud and Jean-Antoine Lépine before setting up his own watch making business in Paris at 51 Quai de l'Horloge on the Lie de la Cité in Paris. The dowry that came with his marriage to the daughter of a prosperous French bourgeois provided the backing which allowed him to open his own workshop. Breguet's connections made during his apprenticeship as a watchmaker and as a student of mathematics helped him to establish his business. Following his introduction to the court, Queen Marie Antoinette grew fascinated by Breguet's unique self-winding watch; Louis XVI bought several of his watches and legend has it that Marie Antoinette commissioned the watch that was to contain every watch function known at that time – Breguet's masterpiece, the Marie Antoinette.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

·         Classique: Simple, Grandes Complications – popular round pieces, usually with reeded basebands and soldered lugs;

·         Marine – water-resistant, distinguished by the presence of crown guards;

·         Heritage – tonneau-shaped cases;

·         Type XX, XXI, XXII – sports chronographs, based on World War II-era pilots' watches;

·         La Tradition – similar to the long gone Souscription by Breguet, open-faced watches with the movement on the front, along with a small face.

·         Classique;

·         Marine;

·         Heritage;

·         Type XX;

·         Reine de Naples – oval bezels.

PRODUCTS

Company	Model	Model
Breguet	127A.3315C2	7057BB/11/9W6