To mark the date of creation of the Tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the brand unveils its latest model from the Tradition collection: a timepiece featuring strong colours highlighting what has remained – from past to present – one of the most fascinating horological complications of all times.
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A legendary complication
The Tourbillon stemmed from a necessity keenly felt in the 18th century: namely, to overcome the lack of accuracy caused by the vertical position of pocket watches placed in gentlemen’s waistcoats or jackets. The challenge was taken up by Abraham-Louis Breguet, who on 26 June 1801 filed a patent for the creation of the first tourbillon. Ever since, this complication has remained one of the most greatly appreciated by devotees of fine watchmaking, since it reveals the heart of the watch.
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When the barrel is fully wound, it delivers its maximum force. The chain then acts on the top of the fusée and therefore on its smallest circumference. As the chain unwinds, its torque decreases yet acts in parallel on the widest part of the fusée – its base – thus ensuring the constant force of the energy is delivered.
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Resolutely contemporary while displaying the House’s emblematic codes, the new Tourbillon 7047 picks up the signatures of the Manufacture Breguet: namely the "Clous de Paris" guilloché pattern on its off-centre gold dial, the traditional Roman numerals and the open-tipped hands. Like the watches that inspired it, its dial is secured by three screws.
The movement
At the heart of its 41 mm platinum case beats Calibre 569, a rhodium-plated hand-wound movement housing 542 components. It is equipped with an inverted in-line lever escapement featuring horns made of silicon, as too is the Breguet balance-spring.
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The Tradition collection
Unveiled in 2005, the Tradition collection with its attractive blend of heritage and modernity is the brand's first line to present all the movement's organs on the dial side, thus demonstrating its inspiration from souscription and touch (à tact) watches. Launched in 1797, the souscription watch featured a single hand to read the hours and minutes. The aesthetics of this refined yet minimalist timepiece were avant-garde for its time – as indeed was its concept, since a quarter of the price had to be paid at the time of ordering.
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BREGUET - No 3424 pocket watch.
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The same calibre was used by Abraham-Louis Breguet to design the first touch (à tact) watches presented a year later at the French Industrial Exhibition. At that time, poor lighting made it difficult to read the time on a dial. It was also not considered very elegant to consult one's watch during social occasions.
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The founder of the Manufacture Breguet therefore devised a piece that allowed the time to be read in a tactile manner, without removing the watch from the pocket. All the wearer had to do to check the time was to touch the arrow or hours hand turning around the case rim and compare its position with the hour projections on the case middle.
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Collection Tradition
Model: Tradition 7047 Tourbillon Waltz
References
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Ref. 7047PT/1Y/9ZU - Platinum - Blue Price: EUR 194,100 / CHF 185,300
Ref. 7047PT/11/9ZU - White gold - silvered
Description
Tradition "Grande Complication" watch with fusée tourbillon. Hand-wound movement. Silicon Breguet balance-spring. Power reserve indicator on the barrel drum. Off-centred dial in gold, hand-engraved on a rose engine. Sapphire crystal caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m). Diameter: 41 mm
- Available in 18-carat rose gold with black dial and anthracite or rose gold-plated movement.
- Available in 950 platinum with silvered dial and anthracite movement.
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Ref. 7047BR/R9/9ZU - Rose gold -
Ref. 7047BR/G9/9ZU - Rose gold - anthracite
Case
- Platinum 950
- 18-carat Rose Gold
Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Sapphire crystal caseback
Water resistance: 3 bar (30 m)
Dial
Off-centred blue dial in hand-guilloché gold
Movement
Hand-wound Calibre: 569
Balance-spring: Breguet type, in silicon
Carriage: Titanium
Power reserve indicator on the barrel drum
Balance-wheel: Breguet, titanium
Escapement: Inverted straight-line lever
Frequency: 2,5 Hz
Power reserve: 50 hours
Components: 542
Functions: Hours, minutes, fusée tourbillon
Strap
Midnight blue alligator leather
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