To mark the anniversary of the tourbillon's invention by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the Maison unveils a new model in its Tradition collection. This high-precision timepiece is adorned in vibrant colors, highlighting one of the most captivating complications of all time: the tourbillon.
https://youtu.be/0OgAZkc4vro
In this model, the fusee tourbillon mechanism is colored blue, and various treatments are applied throughout the components to create a unified visual effect. The tourbillon cage and dial are covered in blue, and the fusee chain is also heat-treated to a blue finish. This model incorporates the elegant contrast of blue and anthracite, a design aesthetic first introduced to the collection with the Tradition Rétrograde Date 7597, released in May.
A Legendary Complication
The tourbillon was invented out of necessity. In the 18th century, pocket watches, a type of personal accessory, were always carried upright in a gentleman's vest pocket, resulting in a lack of precision. Abraham-Louis Breguet took on this challenge, and his first tourbillon was patented on June 26, 1801. Since then, the tourbillon has consistently become one of the most admired complications among connoisseurs of the finest watches, thanks to the way it reveals the watch's heart.
The new Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 is equipped with a fusee and chain transmission. Its special feature is that it provides a constant force regardless of the mainspring's winding level, optimizing the watch's rate accuracy.
When a watch's mainspring is fully wound, its force is at its maximum and the chain is wrapped around the fusee (conical pulley) at its top, or smallest, diameter. As the mainspring unwinds, the chain leaves the top and moves to the lower, larger-diameter sections, before descending to the bottom, thereby providing constant force.
Fully expressing Breguet's signature aesthetic codes, while striking a distinctly contemporary sensibility, the new Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 features the Maison's signature features: its off-center gold dial with its guilloched "Clous de Paris" pattern, traditional Roman numerals, and Breguet hands tipped with perforated motifs. Like the watch that inspired it, the dial is secured with three screws.
Movement
Beating within its 41mm platinum case is the Caliber 569. This rhodium-plated, manually wound movement, made of 542 components, features an inverted lever escapement and a silicon pallet, a material also used in Breguet balance springs. Silicon offers numerous properties, including resistance to corrosion and wear, insensitivity to magnetic fields, and excellent chronometric accuracy. The Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 has a balance frequency of 2.5 Hz and a 50-hour power reserve.
Tradition Collection
Launched in 2005 with the theme of fusing tradition with modernity, the Tradition collection is the brand's first series to allow all of the movement's mechanisms to be visible from the dial side, clearly drawing inspiration from pocket watches such as the Souscription and Montre à Tact. The Souscription watch, released in 1797, had only a single hand to read the hours and minutes. Like the concept of this watch, which is refined with its minimalist design, its sales method, in which a quarter of the price is paid in advance at the time of ordering, was also innovative for its time.
Using this same caliber, Abraham-Louis Breguet designed the first "Montres à Tacte," which he presented a year later at the French Industrial Exhibition. At the time, poor lighting made it difficult to read the time on the dial, and it was considered bad manners to check one's own watch in social situations. So, Breguet's founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet, conceived a model that allowed the time to be read by touch, without removing the watch from one's pocket. Simply touch the hour hand (the arrow on the outside of the case) and compare its position with the hour markers (the protrusions on the caseband).
Today's Tradition collection, like this Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047, incorporates Breguet's design codes through contrasting elements and contemporary touches. The watch is presented on a blue alligator leather strap with a triple-bladed platinum deployant buckle.
https://youtu.be/0OgAZkc4vro
In this model, the fusee tourbillon mechanism is colored blue, and various treatments are applied throughout the components to create a unified visual effect. The tourbillon cage and dial are covered in blue, and the fusee chain is also heat-treated to a blue finish. This model incorporates the elegant contrast of blue and anthracite, a design aesthetic first introduced to the collection with the Tradition Rétrograde Date 7597, released in May.
A Legendary Complication
The tourbillon was invented out of necessity. In the 18th century, pocket watches, a type of personal accessory, were always carried upright in a gentleman's vest pocket, resulting in a lack of precision. Abraham-Louis Breguet took on this challenge, and his first tourbillon was patented on June 26, 1801. Since then, the tourbillon has consistently become one of the most admired complications among connoisseurs of the finest watches, thanks to the way it reveals the watch's heart.
The new Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 is equipped with a fusee and chain transmission. Its special feature is that it provides a constant force regardless of the mainspring's winding level, optimizing the watch's rate accuracy.
When a watch's mainspring is fully wound, its force is at its maximum and the chain is wrapped around the fusee (conical pulley) at its top, or smallest, diameter. As the mainspring unwinds, the chain leaves the top and moves to the lower, larger-diameter sections, before descending to the bottom, thereby providing constant force.
Fully expressing Breguet's signature aesthetic codes, while striking a distinctly contemporary sensibility, the new Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 features the Maison's signature features: its off-center gold dial with its guilloched "Clous de Paris" pattern, traditional Roman numerals, and Breguet hands tipped with perforated motifs. Like the watch that inspired it, the dial is secured with three screws.
Movement
Beating within its 41mm platinum case is the Caliber 569. This rhodium-plated, manually wound movement, made of 542 components, features an inverted lever escapement and a silicon pallet, a material also used in Breguet balance springs. Silicon offers numerous properties, including resistance to corrosion and wear, insensitivity to magnetic fields, and excellent chronometric accuracy. The Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047 has a balance frequency of 2.5 Hz and a 50-hour power reserve.
Tradition Collection
Launched in 2005 with the theme of fusing tradition with modernity, the Tradition collection is the brand's first series to allow all of the movement's mechanisms to be visible from the dial side, clearly drawing inspiration from pocket watches such as the Souscription and Montre à Tact. The Souscription watch, released in 1797, had only a single hand to read the hours and minutes. Like the concept of this watch, which is refined with its minimalist design, its sales method, in which a quarter of the price is paid in advance at the time of ordering, was also innovative for its time.
Using this same caliber, Abraham-Louis Breguet designed the first "Montres à Tacte," which he presented a year later at the French Industrial Exhibition. At the time, poor lighting made it difficult to read the time on the dial, and it was considered bad manners to check one's own watch in social situations. So, Breguet's founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet, conceived a model that allowed the time to be read by touch, without removing the watch from one's pocket. Simply touch the hour hand (the arrow on the outside of the case) and compare its position with the hour markers (the protrusions on the caseband).
Today's Tradition collection, like this Tradition Tourbillon Fusée 7047, incorporates Breguet's design codes through contrasting elements and contemporary touches. The watch is presented on a blue alligator leather strap with a triple-bladed platinum deployant buckle.
