Breguet has just announced a new version of its Classique 5177 model which features, for the first time, a Grand Feu enamel dial in a blue hue that echoes the colour obtained during the bluing of the Breguet hands. The new Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel is clearly inspired by the neoclassical lines of the timepieces that Abraham-Louis Breguet created in the eighteenth century. The Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel ref. 5177BB/2Y/9V6 has price of Swiss Francs 23,100.
Breguet has just announced a new version of its Classique 5177 model which features, for the first time, a Grand Feu enamel dial in a blue hue that echoes the colour obtained during the bluing of the Breguet hands.
The new Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel is clearly inspired by the neoclassical lines of the timepieces that Abraham-Louis Breguet created in the eighteenth century defining the concept of elegance in watchmaking.
The deep blue of the Grand Feu enamel required the development of special pigments to make sure that the colour remains perfectly stable during firing at over 800 degrees Celsius.
Standing out against the blue background, the moon-tipped hands made of rhodium-plated steel guarantee perfect legibility while they sweep around a chapter ring bearing silvered Arabic numerals, stars, diamond shapes and fleur-de-lis. Their relief is born from a very delicate, powdered tracing. Sitting in a darkened lower level window, the date figures are treated using the same process.
As typical of all Breguet timepieces featuring an enamel dial, the calligraphy is once againdrawn by Abraham-Louis Breguet, as featured, for example, on the self-winding Breguet No. 15 watch launched in 1787.
The Breguet’s secret signature, also in enamel, appears at 6 o’clock.
The 38 mm white gold case, characterized by the finely fluted caseband, houses a state-of-the-art self-winding movement, Calibre 777Q, equipped with silicon lever and escape wheel to enhance chronometric reliability thanks to the non-magnetic properties of the material.
The rotor in engine-turned 18-karat gold can be appreciated through the sapphire-crystal caseback. The movement is beautifully finished using techniques like chamfering, circular graining, and Côtes de Genève. Beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour, the calibre 777Q offers 55 hours of power reserve.
Water resistant to 30 metres / 100 feet and completed by a midnight blue alligator leather strap with a pin buckle in white gold, the Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel ref. 5177BB/2Y/9V6 has a price of Swiss Francs 23,100. breguet.com
The new Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel is clearly inspired by the neoclassical lines of the timepieces that Abraham-Louis Breguet created in the eighteenth century defining the concept of elegance in watchmaking.
Standing out against the blue background, the moon-tipped hands made of rhodium-plated steel guarantee perfect legibility while they sweep around a chapter ring bearing silvered Arabic numerals, stars, diamond shapes and fleur-de-lis. Their relief is born from a very delicate, powdered tracing. Sitting in a darkened lower level window, the date figures are treated using the same process.
As typical of all Breguet timepieces featuring an enamel dial, the calligraphy is once againdrawn by Abraham-Louis Breguet, as featured, for example, on the self-winding Breguet No. 15 watch launched in 1787.
The Breguet No. 15 watch - 1787
The Breguet’s secret signature, also in enamel, appears at 6 o’clock.
The 38 mm white gold case, characterized by the finely fluted caseband, houses a state-of-the-art self-winding movement, Calibre 777Q, equipped with silicon lever and escape wheel to enhance chronometric reliability thanks to the non-magnetic properties of the material.
The rotor in engine-turned 18-karat gold can be appreciated through the sapphire-crystal caseback. The movement is beautifully finished using techniques like chamfering, circular graining, and Côtes de Genève. Beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour, the calibre 777Q offers 55 hours of power reserve.
Water resistant to 30 metres / 100 feet and completed by a midnight blue alligator leather strap with a pin buckle in white gold, the Breguet Classique 5177 Grand Feu Blue Enamel ref. 5177BB/2Y/9V6 has a price of Swiss Francs 23,100. breguet.com
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