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29 August 2019 |
Breguet,
In about seventy days or so, precisely on November 9th, the 2019 edition of the Only Watch charity auction will officially take place at the Hotel Des Bergues in Geneva and will see fifty luxury brands auction their one-of-a-kind timepieces whose proceeds will go to research on Duchenne syndrome. In ...
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13 August 2018 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2018,
Would the number of the caliber's components be enough (334 in total) to explain a Breguet Tourbillon Extra-Plat 5367? No, it wouldn’t as it is an almost superfluous piece of information. When you combine the words "Breguet" and "Tourbillon" the book of watch-making history and literature novels from 1801 onwards open at the ...
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15 October 2017 |
Breguet,
Picture the world's most glamorous street, a street that attracts luxury shoppers and tourists from all over the world. The 500 meters of street connecting Via Manzoni to Piazza San Babila become the epicenter of luxury and tasting in mid-October. It's the La Vendemmia; an event that has turned into ...
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23 May 2017 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Haute Horlogerie,
Baselworld 2017,
Abraham-Louis Breguet, the greatest watchmaker of all time Talking about a Breguet watch is always a great honor. Its neoclassical style used to impress and still does, mainly for its elegance and originality; let’s take, for instance, the hands and numbers that bear the manufacturer’s name on them and which ...
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18 April 2016 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2016,
Only Watch isn't simply the biggest charity auction devoted to timepieces but it is also a place where new creations get tested to see what the public reactions to them is like. This is the only possible explanation that you can give when you are presented with the Breguet Type ...
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25 December 2015 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Haute Horlogerie,
Baselworld 2015,
It's 1.20pm on 24th December and I am getting ready to go on holidays, it is almost time to say goodbye to a year that has seen many changes, among which are a new job and me moving to Milan. The positive side of this break doesn't involve me having ...
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28 October 2015 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Haute Horlogerie,
Before you start reading this post, there are a few small facts that you need to know about the Breguet Classique Complications 3797; it is a model from the year 2014 and it is the second model from that specific year that I have reviewed on here in the last ...
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11 October 2015 |
Breguet,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Collecting Watches,
Haute Horlogerie,
Baselworld 2014,
What would the world of watchmaking be today had Breguet never lived? It would be a very different world indeed and we probably wouldn't be here today to tackle the topic of mechanical complications had it not be for Breguet and his inventions, at least 50% of the haute horlogerie related articles currently ...
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28 December 2014 |
Breguet,
Baselworld 2015,
Pre Basel 2015 The Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 Three months before the official opening of Baselworld 2015, watchmaking brands are starting to offer a preview of the new collections. As we’re not just talking about any brand, but about a manufacturer whose founder has written many pages in ...
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