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How about a few pictures of the Breguet 7047BR Fusee and Chain Tourbillon
Following up on
my previous post on the Breguet 5377 Ultra Thin Tourbillon and the
Breguet 3797 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, I'd like to share a few
pictures of the Breguet 7047 Fusee Chain Tourbillon. I was very lucky to
handle all these watches at the same time and was able to do a side by
side comparison.
The 7047BR is part of the Tradition collection which is inspired by the original Souscription watches made by A.L. Breguet. When the La Tradition was first introduced a few years ago it was presented with a modest 37mm diameter case. The thin bezel with the sapphire crystal going out to the edges made the watch feel larger on the wrist than expected. I always thought that the La Tradition was the perfect size.
When compared to the 7047 Fusee Chain Tourbillon, there is a huge difference in size. The 7047BR is fairly large at 41mm in diameter and a 15.95mm thickness. Part of the thickness is due to the thick and tall domed sapphire crystal. It's a cool visual detail and provides a great view of the open movement. The case has the signature fluted caseband. Breguet offers the 7047 in either white or rose gold. For me I prefer the warmer tones of rose gold version.
Here's a closeup picture of the front of the dial side with the tourbillon with titanium balance wheel, and the fusee and chain transmission. The time is displayed asymetrically at the 7 o'clock position that has a blackened engine-turned 18k gold subdial. Even though the time subdial is small like on the La Tradition, it was fairly easy to read since the silvered Roman hour markers and silver colored Breguet hour and minute hands contrast against the black dial.
The movement in the 7047BR is the Breguet caliber 569 manual wind movement. Just like the the other watches in the Tradition collection, the watch is fitted with a transparent caseback. The movement has a frosted finish and has a nice dark contrast to the rose gold case. The screws are polished but I personally wished that it would have the Breguet heat blued screws to give the movement some color contrast. The movement when fully wound provides 50 hours of power reserve. The fusee and chain transmission provides constant torque for running the watch and tourbillon. I like that the there is a power reserve indicator at the front of the watch movement on the barrel drum. On the La Tradition it had the power reserve indicator on both the front and the back.
I found it very interesting to hear comments from other watch enthusiast about the 7047. My Breguet grail watch is still the 3797/3795 Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon, but it was clear that my fellow moderator Anthony Tsai loves the 7047. Here's a few pics of Anthony modeling the 7047 on his wrist. Since he wears large watches like Panerai's, the 7047 Fusee looked great on his wrist!
Here's a few more wristshots of the 7047 at different angles. You can see how thick the watch is from the side.
Overall this is a really cool looking watch. Going back to Ovi's original post about choosing the Ultra Thin Tourby or this Fusee and Chain Tourbillion (and even the Perpetual Tourbillon) which one would you choose regardless of price?
Regards,
ED-209
The 7047BR is part of the Tradition collection which is inspired by the original Souscription watches made by A.L. Breguet. When the La Tradition was first introduced a few years ago it was presented with a modest 37mm diameter case. The thin bezel with the sapphire crystal going out to the edges made the watch feel larger on the wrist than expected. I always thought that the La Tradition was the perfect size.
When compared to the 7047 Fusee Chain Tourbillon, there is a huge difference in size. The 7047BR is fairly large at 41mm in diameter and a 15.95mm thickness. Part of the thickness is due to the thick and tall domed sapphire crystal. It's a cool visual detail and provides a great view of the open movement. The case has the signature fluted caseband. Breguet offers the 7047 in either white or rose gold. For me I prefer the warmer tones of rose gold version.
Here's a closeup picture of the front of the dial side with the tourbillon with titanium balance wheel, and the fusee and chain transmission. The time is displayed asymetrically at the 7 o'clock position that has a blackened engine-turned 18k gold subdial. Even though the time subdial is small like on the La Tradition, it was fairly easy to read since the silvered Roman hour markers and silver colored Breguet hour and minute hands contrast against the black dial.
The movement in the 7047BR is the Breguet caliber 569 manual wind movement. Just like the the other watches in the Tradition collection, the watch is fitted with a transparent caseback. The movement has a frosted finish and has a nice dark contrast to the rose gold case. The screws are polished but I personally wished that it would have the Breguet heat blued screws to give the movement some color contrast. The movement when fully wound provides 50 hours of power reserve. The fusee and chain transmission provides constant torque for running the watch and tourbillon. I like that the there is a power reserve indicator at the front of the watch movement on the barrel drum. On the La Tradition it had the power reserve indicator on both the front and the back.
I found it very interesting to hear comments from other watch enthusiast about the 7047. My Breguet grail watch is still the 3797/3795 Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon, but it was clear that my fellow moderator Anthony Tsai loves the 7047. Here's a few pics of Anthony modeling the 7047 on his wrist. Since he wears large watches like Panerai's, the 7047 Fusee looked great on his wrist!
Here's a few more wristshots of the 7047 at different angles. You can see how thick the watch is from the side.
Overall this is a really cool looking watch. Going back to Ovi's original post about choosing the Ultra Thin Tourby or this Fusee and Chain Tourbillion (and even the Perpetual Tourbillon) which one would you choose regardless of price?
Regards,
ED-209
I prefer the more conceptual look of the Tradition.
But I find it too thick. Way too thick. Not olny because of the sapphire. It seems, indeed, that such a sapphireis mandatory, and your pics show that very well. The movement, dial side, is very thick, too.
My favourite is the original Tradition, with its 37 mm case. White gold for me, please. 
Best, and thanks for this nice post, Ed!
Nicolas
My favorite is the La Tradition
My favorite is the La Tradition 7027 with 37mm case and yellow gold 
My wrists are too small to wear this fusee and chain tourbillon, but it definitely is cool.
Regards,
ED-209
incredible picture!!
the watch looks rather large and I am sure it is stunning!! the chaine and fussee is absolutely incredible. would love to see some videos of the watch in action!
Well how about this video of the 7047?
Hi mjnournoff,
Thanks for the compliments. It definitely is stunning to see in person. Here's a short video I made of the 7047BR
Regards,
ED-209
Nice...are we in the trend of Fusee and Chain? Zenith also has ...
one recently, Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot.
Any idea how practical and reliable this mechanism is and what is the maintenance requirement?
I don't even want to know the cost of sending such watches for service 
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(LA is good, close to all the nice stuff. Thanks for sharing, Ed.
Rgds
Raymond
Fusee and chain trend
Maybe it's a trend, and you're right that there's a few offerings from different brands with a fusee and chain. I think it's great to see these out a the boutiques. I'm not sure about the reliability, I hope that Mr. Kingston (from the post below) can share some of his thoughts and experience of his Breguet.
Regards,
ED-209
Regards,
ED-209
I admire the technical details of this watch
And a fusee chain is a beautiful piece of engineering and assembly. But I can't handle such thick watches
When I think of Breguet, I think thin and elegant, unless I am talking the XX style watches, or Marine. At these price points I desire the elegance. For those who like the Tradition look, any of the originals based on personal color tastes are superb. But for me, moving to a complex piece and you want to consider a Breguet look, that perp tourby hits all my buttons. You get the fluted case design, a hallmark. You get all the variety of the dial variants, another hallmark of Breguet. Their hands. The sapphire disk is such a nice twist too. I found this watch very readable. And while I only tried it on once it felt very nice. I really want to see one in white metal to compare to the RG
Here is an added scan, I don't know who to credit as I downloaded this during the release
Great post and pix. Thanks
Joe
All good points you make on this watch
Thanks Joe for sharing your thoughts, you make very good points about this watch.
And that perpetual tourbillon? It's awesome and my grail Breguet watch! I absolute love the floating sapphire disc for the hour and minutes. I posted several pics of the 3797BR here: Please click here
And a few more pics to share again:
Regards,
ED-209
And that perpetual tourbillon? It's awesome and my grail Breguet watch! I absolute love the floating sapphire disc for the hour and minutes. I posted several pics of the 3797BR here: Please click here
And a few more pics to share again:
Regards,
ED-209
I had the pleasure to "test drive" this one for a few days....
It was a pure pleasure experience!
Thank you for this great report, Ed!
Best
Blomman
That is a cool experience
Awesome that you got to get some extended wrist time with this Breguet!
Regards,
ED-209
Regards,
ED-209
Very nice post and one minor correction
I love the Tradition Tourbillon and am proud to say that I own one in rose gold with the black dial (as pictured in your post). There is, however, no version in white gold. The variations are: platinum with silver dial; yellow gold with silver dial; and rose gold black dial and rose colored movement.
The joy of this watch is its stunning visual presentation of its components. It is a time waster! When wearing it, I spend an inordinate amount of time gazing at it!
Jeff
versions in platinum or white gold?
Hi Jeff, very cool that you have a tradition tourbillon! Thanks for the clarification on the platinum version. I thought so too that the previous version was offered in platinum, but on one of my videos the staff mentioned white gold. Anyway, it's a stunning time piece. Hope to see more pics of your watch.
Regards,
ED-209
Regards,
ED-209
