Breguet Unveils Seven New Models at BaselWorld 2014

Breguet Unveils Seven New Models at BaselWorld 2014

Adrienne Faurote
By Adrienne Faurote April 4, 2014

Breguet dazzled the crowds at BaselWorld with the unveiling of seven new models. Here’s a close-up look at the historic manufacture’s new creations.

Classique Tourbillon extra-plat automatique 5377PT soldat
Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5377
This 42mm platinum timepiece features an extra-thin self-winding movement with tourbillon. The 18K gold dial features four silvered and engine-turned patterns. The dial also features an off-centre dial with Breguet-blue steel hour and minute hands, small seconds on the tourbillon axis between 4 and 6 o’clock, and a 90-hour power reserve indicator between 8 and 10 o’clock.
Classique Tourbillon QP 3797BR
Classique Tourbillon Quantième Perpétuel 3797
This 41mm 18K rose gold perpetual calendar timepiece features an open-worked 3D dial with a skeletonized tourbillon. The 18K gold dial features four silvered and engine-turned patterns. The dial also features hours and minutes on a sapphire disc, small seconds on the tourbillon axis, the date at 12 o’clock, months and leap years at 3 o’clock, and days at 9 o’clock.
Classique Dame 9068BB
Classique Dame 9068
This 33.5mm 18K white gold timepiece features a bezel and lugs set with 88 brilliant-cut diamonds. The 18K gold dial features four silvered and engine-turned patterns. The dial also features hours and minutes, a central chronograph seconds hand, and the date at 3 o’clock.
Reine de Naples Jour_Nuit 8999BB
Reine de Naples Jour/Nuit 8999 Haute Joaillerie
This 42.05mm x 34 mm 18K white gold timepiece features a bezel and caseband set with 131 baguette diamonds, a flange set with 73 brilliant-cut diamonds, a crown set with a briolette diamond and an attachment paved with a frosting of 35 brilliant-cut diamonds. The 18K gold dial features a further 147 brilliant-cut diamonds. The dial also features a day/night indicator where the hand is replaced by a rotating disc, as well as hours and minutes on the lower half of the dial.
Reine de Naples Princesse 8968BR
Reine de Naples “Princesse” 8968
This 43mm x 34.95mm 18K rose gold timepiece features a crown set with an inverted diamond and an attachment set with 16 brilliant-cut diamonds. The dial is silvered and engine-turned 18K gold. The dial features oversized Roman numerals in rose gold at 12 and 6 o’clock, and hours and minutes on the lower half.
Les Volants de la Reine
Les Volants de la Reine
This 33mm x 24.95mm 18K white gold timepiece features a bezel and caseband set with 146 brilliant-cut diamonds, a flange set with 66 brilliant-cut diamonds, an attachment paved with a frosting of 61 brilliant-cut diamonds, and frills set with a frosting of 193 brilliant-cut diamonds, 11 baguette diamonds and two cushion-cut sapphires. The crown is also set with a briolette diamond. The mother-of-pearl dial is decorated with a further 20 brilliant-cut diamonds. The dial also features off-centre hours and minutes, and a Breguet medallion at 12 o’clock.
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Secret de la Reine
This 18K white gold timepiece is a so-called “secret watch”, with a dial hidden by a floral cameo. It features a bow decoration in 18K white gold paved with 432 brilliant-cut diamonds. The flange of the dial is set with a further 48 brilliant-cut diamonds, while the dial itself is paved with 116 brilliant-cut diamonds. The dial also features hours and minutes, and a mother-of-pearl Breguet medallion at 12 o’clock.

Photos courtesy Breguet.