Press release
Breguet, over the years, has created the most prestigious of watches, for example with the invention of the tourbillon, along with many other developments, notably in the art of chronography. Know-how has been gathered over a period of more than 200 years and continually been enriched, to secure a position at the forefront of technology which benefits current collections. For example, Breguet makes the world's smallest column wheel, self-winding chronograph movement with date and small seconds. Measuring 10½ lines and 6 millimeters in height, it is a masterpiece of technicality and elegance for demanding ladies. Gentlemen are not left out in the cold when it comes to world firsts: the Marine Tourbillon Chronograph, the first tourbillon movement equipped with a silicon escapement (spiral, lever, escape wheel). A column wheel also controls the chronograph functions of this masterpiece, which never fails to be the focus of admiration.
In this exhibition, lovers of fine watchmaking will find the most outstanding watches in the history of Breguet chronographs. These range from antique pieces relating to the art of measuring time, such as a double second observation chronometer, or an inking chronograph (or ‘compteur Fatton') from 1822, to magnificent contemporary pieces integrating the latest novelties in terms of inventions and innovations. Through this exhibition, Breguet wishes to pay tribute today to two centuries of Breguet chronographs, and to two centuries of continual invention and technological development.
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