Breguet Classique Grande Complication 5347 Twin Rotating Tourbillon
Written by admin on March 3, 2010 – 6:14 am -Exactly three years after the original Twin Rotating Tourbillon’s launch, Breguet offers a follow-up to the highly sought-after model featuring a pair of tourbillons on its silvered dial. This time, the watch comes in a case made of rose gold instead of platinum, but it still retails at a price of a Bentley limmo. Just like the original model, the Breguet Classique Grande Complication 5347 Twin Rotating Tourbillon watch features a hand-wound mechanical movement with a pair of tourbillons traveling around its dial. Coupled by a differential gear, the little turbines balance each other, doubling the watch’s accuracy. The tourbillons rotate at a speed of one revolution per 12 hours so that their connecting bridge can act as an hour hand. It... more
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The difference between a $500 watch and a $50,000 watch
Written by admin on January 30, 2010 – 12:02 am -Jack Forster, Forbes Magazine The difference between a $500 watch and a $50,000 one is often in the movement. The ground floor of the Roger Dubuis factory, a top-tier manufacturer specializing in artistically extroverted timepieces, comes as a shock. This is one of Geneva's temples of haute horlogerie, a place where you'd expect the loudest sound to be the nearly inaudible cricket-song of a hand file against brass. But in this gigantic room blue- and white-coated technicians tend enormous, sleek machines. The air is redolent of oil and coolant, the ceiling is strung with pipes and conduit, and, here and there, warning signs and bundled cables testify to the huge amounts of electricity being consumed. It's in a room like this that virtually... more
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Vintage Watches: A Timeless Investment Choice
Written by admin on October 29, 2009 – 5:00 pm -By: Carolin Schober, CNBC Correspondent As investors continue to ponder whether the recovery in markets is sustainable, some may find that this is the time to put their money in an asset class that lasts. The downturn has hit the luxury watch market hard. Luxury watch exports from Switzerland, where many of the premium brands are manufactured, have seen a decline of 25 percent over the past 9 months and the slump in demand was especially severe for watches made of precious metals. However, the picture for "retail" luxury watches seems to bear little resemblance with the "collectible" luxury watch markets for brands such as Patek Philippe, Jaeger Le Coultre or Vacheron Constantin. Sales of luxury collectible watches have been more resilient... more
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BREGUET CLASSIQUE REF. 7337 DATE MOON PHASE WATCH
Written by admin on August 25, 2009 – 7:13 pm -By Adam Keith The distinctive elegance and artisanal craftsmanship that has defined Breguet timepieces for more than 150 years is gloriously continued in the Breguet Classique Ref. 7337 watch which debuted at Baselworld 2009. A spiritual successor to the Ref. 3330, itself modeled after an original Breguet pocket watch kept in the Breguet museum in Paris, this new reference presents an updated case diameter entirely in tune with modern preferences, as well as an indication for subsidiary seconds added to those of the day, the date, and phases of the moon. The Breguet Classique Ref. 7337 watch is available in a choice of 18-karat yellow or white gold. Cases measure 39mm in diameter and reflect the characteristic purity and elegance of Classique... more
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