HOW TO TAME THE STARS
To celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Paris-born watchmaker is drawing on its expertise to dazzle watch enthusiasts by releasing a series of watches, each associated with a specific destination. The mysterious flying tourbillon and the city of Geneva are the fourth stop on this unique journey.
Life can be described as a succession of stages, phases, and transformations. And dates that mark important moments. As a young apprentice learning the craft of watchmaking in his native region of Neuchâtel, Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) moved to Paris to continue his training and then opened his workshop in 1775 on the Île de la Cité, within whose walls he would develop the main advances in modern watchmaking, including the tourbillon, an invention created to combat the effects of gravity on precision and patented in 1801. As the contemporary company celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, it is doing so in an unprecedented way by associating a watch with a destination at a steady pace. The Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255 edition, limited to 50 pieces, represents the fourth stop on this journey through the highlights of its history.
On this spectacular piece, the tourbillon has two distinctive features: it is flying, held by a single bridge, and mysterious because its cage and certain elements of its support are made of sapphire crystal. The rest is hidden by the dial covered with Grand Feu aventurine enamel, a poetic interpretation of a starry night. Off-center at 12 o’clock, a blue ring houses an hour circle composed of Arabic numerals and a minute track, over which a pair of small hands glide, all dressed in gold and in the Breguet style. At the heart of the 38mm diameter, 10.2mm thick case with fluted middle, machined from Breguet gold, an alloy with a sunburst finish specially developed by the brand, beats the 187M1 manufacture caliber. This hand-wound movement beats at a gentle frequency of 2.5Hz and provides a power reserve of 50 hours.
