The picture above from 2009 has become the buzz of Russia due to the watch worn by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who has been criticized for flashing an expensive watch. What kind of watch is it, exactly? The timepiece worn by the church leader is believed to be a Breguet that sells for more than $30,000. […]

Check out the exclusive video of Haute Time Curator Seth Semilof as he is introduced to the incredible Breguet watches at Basel World 2012

The Breguet Museum of Place Vendome in Paris has acquired a quarter-repeating pocket watch built in 1807. The watch, a timepiece designed for an Ottoman Empire dignitary, is red-and-gold enameled double cased watch featuring a white dial that is engraved with Arabic numerals. The museum curator confirmed that the piece was purchased for 650,000 Swiss […]

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superwatch. No, it's not faster than a speeding bullet, but it's close; the new Breguet Classique Chronometrie 7727 is equipped with a special high frequency escapement, beating at 10 hertz.

With several extra-special events taking place in Miami last night, Breguet’s Bal Harbour store opening was among the most exclusive. The opening included a demonstration by Mr. Stephane Aubert, the brand’s master engraver. On display at the boutique for an exclusive preview were four historic pocket watches from the 18th and 19th centuries, previously on […]

The World Luxury Association announced the world’s leading luxury brands with Cartier positioned first in the jewelry group and Patek Philippe leading the luxury watch category. Watch brands also making the list included Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Piguet, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Breguet, IWC and Franck Muller. Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page […]

“Breguet evokes a genuine fascination through its capacity for innovation. The philosophy is entirely in tune with my vision of fine watchmaking: its ability to push the boundaries of horological construction, blending aesthetics with mechanical constraints, makes it a full-fledged art in its own right.” –Marc A. Hayek, President and CEO of Montres Breguet SA […]

  The Breguet Boutique on Rodeo Drive is welcoming back four historic pocket watches from the 18th and 19th centuries previsouly showcased in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. All four watches were sold in the 1800s, with three of them being designed in the late 1700s. They are all from the Breguet Museum […]

The Breguet Museum in Genva has gotten its hands on an extremely  rare Turkish-style Breguet watch made in 1808 for a dignitary of the Ottoman Empire, for the sum of aproximately $695,000. This represents a record bid for a Breguet watch as well as a record for a pocket-watch auctioned on the inland China market. […]

  There is no doubt about it. Swatch  components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet […]

The first U.S. boutique for world renowned watchmaker Breguet celebrated a decade on Madison Avenue last night with an exclusive cocktail reception showcasing a selection of the brands most coveted timepieces and high jewelry valued at $10 Million. Breguet’s U.S. brand president, Mr. Michael Nelson was joined by friend of the brand, actor Dominic Chianese (The Sopranos), […]

For the second consecutive year in a row, Breguet has won 1st prize in the Men’s Watch category of The Watches Days exhibition held in Geneva from November 10th to 13th. The competition  consistied of approximately 40 exhibiting watch brands. The Grand Prix du Public 2011, determined by thousands of voters without the intervention of […]

Luxury watch brand Breguet will open its fourth boutique in the United States within the prestigious Bal Harbour complex. After New York (Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue) and Los Angeles (Beverly Hills), the new 750 square feet boutique in Miami will open on November 19th, 2011. The Miami location will unveil an exclusive selection of the […]

Go into any boutique that sells luxury watches and you’ll be confronted with a scale of prices that rise sharply as watches become more complicated.  At the pinnacle is the complication known as the tourbillon (French for “whirlwind.”)  If you’ve never seen one before, one look and you’ll remember it forever; it’s a rotating spiderweb […]

What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant.  Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing it, making a thin watch (and wearing one) was for decades […]

The World Time watch is one of the most useful complications for travelers; but though it’s been around since the 1930s, watchmakers have constantly been working ever since to make it more convenient and easy to use. There have been a bevy of new world time watches in recent months, and one of the most […]