Brand of the week Breguet

[willy]

This brand is a legend in the watch world.Maybe the greatest swiss watchmaker who has lived Abraham-Louis-Breguet started this firm in 1775.He developed the first selv winding watch and the Tourbillon escapement.The firm changed hands many times after his death in 1823.And to be honest went into a decline for a long time until the Swatch group took them over in 1999.Mr Hayak considered Breguet to be his personal project and he invested a lot of time and money to restore the name Breguet to its former glory.Today they are once again at the top of the watch tree making superb watches of superb finish and quality.The dials on Breguet watches are maybe the best made and beautiful in the watch world. Willy

[Amehlbye]

ok, those are some crazy looking watches

Tvivler ikke på at indmaden er state of the art -

but the look - om jeg fik det gratis ville jeg ikke gå med det design

oh, btw thanks Rodney for this post and thanks to Swatch once again for incubating such a important timepiece

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[willy]

Amehlbye Skrev:ok, those are some crazy looking watches

Tvivler ikke på at indmaden er state of the art -

but the look - om jeg fik det gratis ville jeg ikke gå med det design

oh, btw thanks Rodney for this post and thanks to Swatch once again for incubating such a important timepiece

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Its a very classical design that is a Breguet trademark.People tend to love it or hate it.If i got one free i would wear it Willy

[Amehlbye]

willy Skrev:

Amehlbye Skrev:ok, those are some crazy looking watches

Tvivler ikke på at indmaden er state of the art -

but the look - om jeg fik det gratis ville jeg ikke gå med det design

oh, btw thanks Rodney for this post and thanks to Swatch once again for incubating such a important timepiece

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Its a very classical design that is a Breguet trademark.People tend to love it or hate it.If i got one free i would wear it Willy

Please dont hate, the haters

dont hate it like that - just not something I would spend my last dime on

[KimT]

Det er ikke lige min smag i design, men et breguet la tradition kunne jeg nok klare at "lufte" fra tid til anden
Men ligegyldigt hvad man synes om designet, kan man IMHO ikke andet end fyldes med beundring, når man gennemlæser den liste jeg har indsat herunder.
Jeg har sakset listen fra nettet, hvor den er at finde masser af steder. Ikke mange andre urfabrikanter kan fremvise et så imponerende "cv"


Here are the most important Breguet inventions and innovations since its inception in 1775

1780 - Development of the perpétuelle, or automatic watch
1783 - Invention of the gong spring for the minute-repeater. Design of the famous Breguet hands and numerals
1786 - The Breguet dial, engine-turned by hand
1789 - The ratchet key known as the “Breguet key”. Escapement working without oil
1790 - Invention of the pare-chute (timepiece shock absorbers)
1792 - Development and production of the mechanism for the Chappe optical telegraph
1795 - First description of the sympathique clocks . Development of the perpetual date calendar. The Breguet balance spring. The ruby cylinder
1796 - The single-hand watch known as the “subscription watch”
1798 - Patent of the constant force escapement (March 9). Invention of the musical chronometer, the clockwork mechanism that acts as a metronome
1799 - The tact watch
1801 - Patent of the Tourbillon Regulator (June 26)
1810 - Development and production of the first wristwatch, ordered by the Queen of Naples
1812 - Appearance of dials with off-centred chapter ring
1815 - Fine-tuning of the double-barrelled marine chronometer
1819 - Ocular of an astronomical telescope
1820 - Invention of the montre à double seconde or observation chronometer, forerunner of the modern chronograph
1830 - First watch with keyless winding
1938 - Start and reset mechanism of a movement with direct-drive seconds hand
1939 - Patent of the sidereal time-keeper (February 28)
1950 - Chronograph reset mechanism. Chronograph minute counter (2 patents)
1990 - The sympathique wristwatch and its clock. Double power reserve
1991 - Timepiece with a running equation-of-time, perpetual equation-of-time wristwatch
1994 - Perpetual calendar mechanism, in-line perpetual calendar wristwatch
1996 - Timepiece movement equipped with a perpetual calendar mechanism
1997 - Patent of the in-line perpetual calendar wristwatch
1998 - The world’s smallest self-winding chronograph movement
2002 - 5 patents registered, including: Moon-phase mechanism (Reine de Naples)
2003 - 7 patents registered, including: Patent for a mechanism to lock the alarm function, column-wheel system (Réveil du Tsar)
2004 - 7 patents registered, including: Balance for timepiece movement, titanium balance (Tradition Tourbillon Fusée)
2005 - 15 patents registered, including: Watch equipped with at least two regulating systems (Double Tourbillon)
Shock-protection device for balance pivot (Tradition)
2006 - 13 patents registered, including: A musical module for a watch movement (Réveil Musical)
2007 - 3 patents registered, including: Timepiece comprising a power-reserve display device (Tradition Tourbillon)
2008 - 8 patents registered, including: Gong for a striking or alarm mechanism (minute repeater),
Balance spring with “overcoil” terminal curve in silicon (Tradition Tourbillon)
2009 - 8 patents registered, including: Gong for a timepiece striking mechanism (minute repeater), Tourbillon timepiece movement equipped with a shock-protection device (Tradition Tourbillon)
2010 - 11 patents registered, including: Timepiece comprising a high-frequency mechanical movement (Type XXII), Striking watch equipped with an acoustic membrane (Réveil Musical)
2011 - 19 patents registered, including: A musical module for a watch (Réveil Musical), A balance-spring with two spiral springs, Magnetic governor for the transmission wheel(s) of the movement or strike (Réveil Musical)bile de sonnerie (Réveil Musical)

[Bjørn H.]

ehhh, var Abraham Louis Breguet ikke franskmand? og har det nuværende schweitziske mærke ikke kun navnet tilfælles med den "ægte" vare,
de burde vel rettelig hedde "Breguet's eft." <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

[Panerai]

Det kan godt være det er godt håndværk, men f... de hører i min verden til de grimmeste ure i verden.

Så hellere bære et G-SHOCK

[Stensbjerg]

Hvis man ser et Breguet Transatlantique Type XXI Flyback Rosegold som et af de grimmeste ure i verden,
så kan jeg kun sige se at komme til optiker i en helvedes fart

Og ligger du inde med med et som du vil bytte til et G-shock så send mig endelig en PB du må selv vælge modellen
Breguet laver mange fede/flotte ure

[willy]

Bjørn H. Skrev:ehhh, var Abraham Louis Breguet ikke franskmand? og har det nuværende schweitziske mærke ikke kun navnet tilfælles med den "ægte" vare,
de burde vel rettelig hedde "Breguet's eft." <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->

You can say that about most of the brands out there and even more so for brands like Panerai for example.They have never in all their existence made any watch that even compares to the cheapest Breguet.So respect where respect is due Willy

[willy]

Panerai Skrev:Det kan godt være det er godt håndværk, men f... de hører i min verden til de grimmeste ure i verden.

Så hellere bære et G-SHOCK

I feel the same way about many watches but very few brands.Unless i know about every watch they have made. Willy