Breguet

For those of you who read Breguet’s promotional magazine Le Quai de l’Horloge, you might know that volume 5 has been mysteriously missing for awhile. I’m told that it contained an announcement for the Breguet 7087 , which was shown at Baselworld, but neve... 

The 7087 was the Tradition Minute Repeater? It was innovatively designed using magnets and would be an amazing step forward. A pity they've stepped back from it.

But reading about it, it really is a pity it wasn’t produced other than some prototypes. Seems really interesting.

I wonder if their ambition with magnets didn’t play out as well as they would’ve liked. We’ve only seen one production watch with significant magnetic components (7727). Granted, it’s been 7 years, which is probably not long enough to design multiple move... 

Beautiful on the front, and ingenious from chronometric point of view. I would have probably bought it if the finishing on the back was not so sloppy. I knew someone who pre ordered the 7087 ... So I guess there was pre allocation to dealers and the cance... 

I don’t have any experience with the 7727 and haven’t heard about its reliability one way or another. I just find it curious that they did all this innovative work with magnets and we haven’t really heard anything in 7 years. My hope is we do see/hear mor... 

As for the sales - just an observation that ADs were offering massive discounts off retail for both ....