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 watchmaking history, such as Breguet, this news gains even more resonance.
The Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 is the latest addition to the Tradition collection launched in 2005 with reference 7027 whose main feature is to showcase movement mechanisms such as bridges, wheels, escapement, barrel and other components on top of the baseplate.
This components displacement gives you at first sight the idea parts are floating inside the case. In a Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 the bridges and baseplate are peened, the silvered dial offset at 12 boasts a hand made engine-turned hobnail pattern. On the left hand side of the dial you may find, slightly lifted up, the retrograde seconds hand while at 4 is placed the unmistakable pare-chute (the modern Incabloc‘s forerunner) device to protect the balance assembly from shocks. No info yet about its price and availability, more to come over the next few months.
Please find below a summary of the Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097‘s main technical features.
The Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 Ref.7097BB/G1/9WU:
Case in 18-carat white gold with a finely fluted caseband. Sapphire-crystal caseback. 40mm diameter. Welded lugs with screw bars. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 metres).
Dial in 18-carat gold, silvered and and hand-engraved, off-centred at 12 o’clock. Individually numbered and signed Breguet. Chapter-ring with Roman numerals. Retrograde seconds hand at 10 o’clock. Blued-steel Breguet open-tipped hands.
Movement: selfwinding. Numbered and signed Breguet. Cal. 505SR1, 14 lignes, 38 jewels, 50-hour power-reserve. Straight-line inverted escapement lever with silicon pallets. Breguet overcoil balance spring in silicon. 3Hz frequency. Adjusted in 6 positions. Leather strap.
Also available in 18-carat rose gold: Ref.7097BR/G1/9WU
(Photo credit: Google; courtesy of Breguet)
Gaetano C. @Horbiter®
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