Trace Breguet’s Tradition
It all began with the “subscription” watch more than 200 years ago
In 1796, Abraham-Louis Breguet built a new model: the “subscription” watch. Endowed with a relatively large diameter, a single hand and an enamel dial, it was powered by an extremely simple special movement that could be produced in large quantities. In the first chapter of his treatise on horology, that he began writing around a decade before his death, A.-L. Breguet described the “subscription” watch in these terms, that are clearly echoed in the Tradition line: “The arrangement of the movement is such that a devotee of mechanics can follow all its effects through the open side (…).” - To be continued…
Trace Breguet’s Tradition
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It all began with the “subscription” watch more than 200 years ago
In 1796, Abraham-Louis Breguet built a new model: the “subscription” watch. Endowed with a relatively large diameter, a single hand and an enamel dial, it was powered by an extremely simple special movement that could be produced in large quantities. In the first chapter of his treatise on horology, that he began writing around a decade before his death, A.-L. Breguet described the “subscription” watch in these terms, that are clearly echoed in the Tradition line: “The arrangement of the movement is such that a devotee of mechanics can follow all its effects through the open side (…).” - To be continued…
Trace Breguet’s Tradition
from Breguet's Facebook Wall
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