Breguet’s New Watches Celebrate the 225th Anniversary of the Tourbillon
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As you may have heard, America is celebrating a big milestone this year—and so, too, is Breguet.
It’s 225 years to the date (June 26, 1801, or 7 Messidor Year 9, per the French revolutionary calendar used at the time) since the maison’s founder Abraham-Louis Breguet was granted a patent for his tourbillon, an invention that would change watchmaking forever. And Breguet is not one to let a milestone pass them by; after all, it debuted a slew of timepieces to honor its 250th anniversary—one of which, the Expérimentale 1, earned the accolade of Best Watch of the Year in our 2026 Best of the Best awards. Now, the brand just unveiled a quartet of tourbillons to pay homage to that historic patent filing.
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First up are two new models of a timepiece that may seem a bit familiar. The Classique Tourbillon 7357 builds directly upon Ref. 3350, which holds the title of the first modern tourbillon wristwatch made by Breguet. A collector’s darling, that reference got its power from the brand’s Calibre 558. For the new duo, though, Breguet created an entirely new movement called Cal. 187B. The caliber, at 4.85 mm thick and 30 mm in diameter, retains some of the hallmarks of its predecessor, such as its frequency of 2.5 Hz.
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But there are some changes afoot: The power reserve now sits at 60 hours, for one. The movement is now antimagnetic, allowing for gold to be used on the watch’s hands, and its accuracy has been enhanced with a balance-spring and a silicon pallet-lever. The previous single cross-through bridge over the movement, meanwhile, has been redesigned and is now a double, rounded-off, polished “arched” bridge. And the caliber has been finished in a new style inspired by the Dent de Vaulion mountain in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, where Breguet is headquartered.
Other details on the new manually wound Classique Tourbillon 7357s include Arabic numerals on the 18-karat-gold dial, where you can spot Clous de Paris guilloché at the center and a barleycorn pattern around the edge. The 35 mm watch comes in either platinum or a silvered 18-karat Breguet gold, retailing for $203,300 and $184,800, respectively, and joins the house’s permanent collection.
Up next is the Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255, an updated iteration of the first Breguet wristwatch to offer a flying tourbillon. Limited to just 50 pieces, the watch is home to a new color palette, with a platinum 38 mm case and an eye-catching black aventurine enamel dial that, at some angles, looks like a deep green. With a 50-hour power reserve, the movement on display here is Calibre 187M1, with a “mystery” design, in which the gears connected to the caliber’s cage appear invisible—a feature that has not been used by Breguet for nearly 20 years. This model retails for a cool $294,400.
Then we have the new Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante. The largest watch of the bunch, sitting at 43.9 mm, is an ode to Breguet’s connection to the French Royal Navy. The limited-edition platinum stunner has a sapphire dial depicting the night sky (done by hand) in Grand Feu enamel, which is translucent on the underside—a design that the owner can opt to customize with the sky on the location, date, and time of their choice. Flip it over, and the caseback is home to a hand-engraved depiction of the 18th-century ship Royal Louis. The movement, with an 80-hour power reserve and a frequency of 4 Hz, is also home to a perpetual calendar and an equation of time display, showing the difference between mean solar time, shown on the main dial, and true solar time, which fluctuates due to the Earth’s elliptical orbit. This bold beauty retails for $385,900.
And, finally, we have the highly technical Tradition Tourbillon, which has been given a blue makeover by Breguet. You’ll find a glacier-blue hue on the sandblasted mainplate, bleu de France on the bridges and chain, and a Grand Fleu Bleu de France enamel dial, adding a nice bit of contrast. The caseback, meanwhile, shows off even more geometric stylings. The model is also home to Calibre 569, which combines the tourbillon with another legendary inventor’s innovation: Leonardo da Vinci’s fusee-and-chain mechanism. Limited to 25 pieces, the 41 mm had a 55-hour power reserve and retails for $325,200.
For more details, head to Breguet’s website.
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