Breguet

A

Great picture Aaron.

 

I wonder when we will start to see the finished functioning watches rather than this prototype that has been doing the rounds for the last 18 months.

 

Did you find the distortion from the crystal at all annoying in real life, or is it perhaps one of the charms of this unique watch?

 

That huge tourbillon cage is something special.

 

Andrew

I hope the final production pieces keep this same "raw" look.

Cheers,
Anthony

Well, this is its pretty face, indeed!

Under this angle, it's really a nice watch.

Let's see as the others said before me, when we'll be able to see the definitive watch, and IF it will look like this proto.

I'm really very curious to see if Breguet will re work the Sapphire Glass..

Best.

Nicolas

...all it is in the angle of viewing this magnificent watch!!! Looking at it vertically there is no distortion and everything has the WOW!!! effect... the problem is that we look the watch rarely in this angle when we are wearing it, and then the distortion that this sapphire glass is producing is eminent...
I know that Breguet needed space to put the giant tourbillon cage and the cone that hosts the chain, BUT,,,
I really hope that they will find a solution because I do like this watch!!!!
tassos

,but i'm afraid to say, despite its interesting inside out, back to front arrangement, this is all out of balance and looks untidy. the dial is in a very strange place.

thomas Ninchritz do a Visa versa with dial in the same place. it may be a Unitas 6498 and not a tourbillon concept, but it looks far more tidy with cleaner lines. however, the back looks awful which i'm sure the Breguet doesnt.

finances permitting i would by a Tradition manual wind without a second thought, but i think i would go elsewhere for a tourbillon.

just my uneducated opinion

Graham 

the case is a bit bigger, and the dial is bigger in relation to the case, so it's probably 30% bigger than the old one.  To me it also helps that the dial is towards the bottom of the case, so you don't have to turn your wrist as far in to see the time
A

I don’t have the precise specifications, but the Tourbillon is a 42mm watch (compared with 37/38mm for the original manual/automatic La Tradition) and the dial is definitely larger at around 18mm compared with the originals’ 14mm (which matches the size of the central spring barrel).

 

Although the dial on the Tourbillon should be easier to read, in reality I find that my eyes look at the position of the hands on the Tradition and, given the fine detail of the dial printing, I don’t seem to have any trouble correctly reading the time at a glance.

 

Ask me again in 10 years...

 

Regards

 

Andrew

...it seems that I am already to the ten (and more) years point, I thank God for multifocal glasses, that as an ophthalmologist, I have the luxury to prescribe to my self, not reading small print, but looking at the dials of my Breguets ...
regards
tassos

Hi Tassos

 

We don’t get to ‘talk’ so often these days; hope you are well. I also miss Jack’s ‘performance’ posts about the accuracy of his Marine chronometer.

 

You are right about aging eyes. The following analogy is bit of a stretch, but I have a friend who justifies the upgrading of his (already) very hi-end Hi-Fi system by saying that he needs to up the ‘resolution’ of his system just so that he can hear the same nuances that he was able to hear 10 years earlier.

 

If he can use presbycusis as an excuse for his Hi-Fi, do you think we can use presbyopia as an excuse to purchase better timepieces?!

 

Unfortunately my wife is not buying that logic either. J

 

Kind regards

 

Andrew

... we will buy the watches and let them buy the logic!!!  And what you said is a good excuse for me!!!
Glad to hear from you
Your friend
Tassos

No message body

So the design is really interesting, It look like the technical (not horlogical) design of the 50'.

I hope that can try this watch soon!!