what will happen to the watch industry in 2015 as the Swiss National Bank has removed the peg to the Euro. Small companies will be in big difficulty going forward I guess.
The movement of this Classique model, in particular its mainsprings, uses a new type of stainless steel with excellent mechanical properties that came out in 2012. This patented material stores more energy in a given volume, which means a greater power reserve and a constant torque for an unvarying
This breguet 5277 winds at about 50 rounds to full PR and is silky smooth. There is also a safety mechanism -- when the PR is full up it does not hit a dead end , but a click to disengage the winding . keeps excellent time though.
the 5277 bb retails at slightly less than $20k just booked mine , pending delivery. could not muster much courage for the 7727 (well over the budget, >2x)