Breguet Marine Tourbillion Chronograph

Abracham-Louis Breguet was the greatest watch maker in the history. The most famous people in the world have been the company's clients. Those who wear Breguet watches are people who appreciate not only accuracy, but the brand's name, functionality, luxury, classics and impeccability.

Nowadays the company has three watch lines: Classic, Marine and Type XX Aeronavale.

The latest watch from Breguet is Marine Tourbillon Chronograph. The chronograph is made to celebrate the Breguet contribution in the navy watches elaboration. Such a watch immediately fascinates watch connoisseurs. And it's not surprising.

The manually-wound Breguet watch mechanism caliber 554.2T has power reserve of 50 hours. It is individually numbered and signed Breguet. The numerals are Roman and there are also luminous dots there.

As for the case, it measures 42 mm, is made of 18K rose gold and has a double sapphire crystal that makes it water resistant to 100 meters. The case back is hand-engraved. Its strap is made of caoutchouc and has a folding clasp also made of rose gold. And of course it is just impossible to imagine such a great watch without a tourbillion; all the more it is a watch from legendary Breguet who invented such a great mechanism.

Abracham-Louis Breguet and his Masterpieces

Abracham-Louis Breguet opened his first watch boutique in 1775 in Paris. With time his watches became popular among French high society representatives.
Abracham-Louis Breguet was not just the best watch maker of the end of XVIII-the beginning of XIX century but he was the founder of a new watchmaking style. Today the best watchmakers in the world continue Breguet traditions and make us delighted with high quality and impeccable look of their timepieces.

Breguet made a great contribution into the watchmaking history, having introduced a lot of inventions and discoveries. One of them is a tourbillion that Breguet invented in 1795. Tourbillion was patented in 1801 and up till now has been an indicator of watch makers' craftsmanship.

All Breguet watches are easily recognized from the first sight due to their fine guilloche dials, distinctive blue hands and coin-edge cases. Every Breguet watch has its own individual number that allows providing the highest quality inspection. One of the greatest and the most complicated watch in the world is Breguet Marie Antoinette. The brand watchmakers had been creating the watch for many years because of a great number of complications a watch was supposed to comprise. That was the reason it was presented to the public only in 1827, four years after Breguet passed away.

Since 1999 Breguet Watch Company belongs to Swatch Group that keeps to traditions declared by Abracham-Louis Breguet himself.