I learned today that the hand for this watch is hand blued over a vintage alcohol lamp. And then the center is recessed with a handheld burr and polished with a small wooden stick! And then, it is flipped over on a soft pad and a roller bends it to the pe

Breguet Classique Ultra Plate As you can see my new to me Breguet Classique Ultra Plate 4605/3150BA has arrived super fast as I only completed the purchase yesterday morning I consider this to actually be quite a special Breguet for a few reasons. The fir

Hand-wound, and with an more lively guilloché dial:

With the Breguet 5207.

I own a classique too (5207- retrograde seconds) but also too afraid to try a strap change on my own. Now that it's confirmed that you need to have two screwdrivers on either side for both models, I'm inclined to bring it to the AD for any strap changes..

There is not much that exciting from JLC recently (since the True Second). Maybe a second-hand Reverso TT1931, but they are not easy to find and a bit pricey for what you get. With Breguet, I'd like to try Rose Gold for the first time (all my watches are

but the lovely long lugs make otherwise reasonable diameter cases unworkable for my 16cm wrists. I finally learned I had to pay attention to lug-to-lug dimensions 38mm 5157 (44.7 lug-lug) proved too big but 38mm Omega Speedy reduced (44mm l-l) and 38mm Bl

I don't tend to put it on enough. But everytime I do I always look down at it go - huh that's a pretty great watch. 😋 All the classic hallmarks of a Breguet - Straight Lugs, guilloche dial and sub seconds, off center chapter ring, retrograde seconds, beau