Breguet

Hi Everyone,

I was able to get a chance recently to photograph a brand new Breguet 4746 that features a silicium gear and a new designed balance wheel.

I have concerns about the spread of the use of silicium due to its potential of destroying the romanticism of hand made parts and hand finishing of traditional timepieces - if such silicon based/manufactured parts become widespread.

Nevertheless, the Breguet here that feature this new part has an interesting purple tinge - may prove to be popular with collectors. Hope you like the images.


















Cheers!
Harry SK Tan

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what's the size ?
40 mm ?

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nt

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about the use of high tech materials in traditional watchmaking I must admit your pictures make it look awfully good.  By the way, fantastic job capturing the texture of the guilloche; so often in press pictures the high degree of image manipulation done actually flattens out the grain of the engine turned metal which is in fact one of the great attractions of real guilloche work.  Very nicely done indeed and shows not only a mastery on your part of photographic skills but also real discernment in terms of your perception of the qualities of the watch you're photographing, if I may make so bold as to say so.

Cheers and many thanks,

Jack

I am a strong advocate of objectivity even though I let people know about my subjective views (if that makes any sense!). In that respect, even though I do not like what silicium could do to damage the watch industry, I will continue to show the watches in the best possible manner and in this case, the silicium material itself is unusual, high polished and coloured in a manner to bring some delight to the viewer. 
 
Now, the only time I will not photograph or present a watch is when I personally feel the whole watch does not move me or brings out the wrong emotions in me (that BTW could be also due to bad experiences!).

In any case, once again you are very kind with your compliments. It is very much appreciated!

Cheers
Harry Tan

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teckmeng

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Harry,

Nice details of a 'simple' watch.
The purple part kinda grows on you after initial shock.....


MTF

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Despite the widespread publicity and press coverage of silicium, there have been few photos of the watch.

- SJX

We in Singapore, as you recall, were fortunate to have a lecture held by the Sincere Academy on the development of this new technology. I had not seen it in real life nor actually seen it working within a timepiece and this Breguet does look quite good with it. But as mentioned before, I hope that the Silicium parts will not start to replace all the balances and gears found in high end watches.

This is not to say that I do not wish to see it in low cost budget pieces. I would be happy to have a mass produced low/mid ranged watches with movements completely made up of silicon material as it would solve many technical issues as well as provide a longer life and longer period between servicing etc.

BTW I learnt at the lecture that the silicium parts when fabricated are already naturally shining and do not need manual labour to polish. So one can easily image a movement full of purple moving parts with skeletonised base plates.



Cheers
Harry

Thanks for those wonderful shots!!

Regards,
Marcus

Breguet Hands!

Cheers
Harry Tan

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