After the two initial versions, in platinum with blue dial and in rose gold with silvered dial, Breguet is presenting a new version of the Marine Tourbillon Equation Marchante 5887 in rose gold with a gold dial in a slate-gray colour. The Breguet Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 is rose gold with gold dial in slate-gray colour (ref. 5887BR/G2/9WV) has a price of Euro 212,500 / US$ 215,000.
First launched in 2017, the Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 marked the start of a new era - technically and aesthetically - for Breguet's Marine collection.
Characterized by a distinctive style, this precious timepiece features a running equation of time, a perpetual calendar and a tourbillon together with a power reserve indicator.
After the two initial versions, in platinum with blue dial and in rose gold with silvered dial, Breguet is presenting the watch in a new rose gold version framing a gold dial in a slate-gray colour.
The link between the Marine line and the sea is clearly underlined by the guilloche-peaked wave motif in the center of the dial. And, on the back, it is possible to admire a detailed representation of an ancient flagship of the French Navy, the Royal Louis, hand carved across the bridges of the movement. The entirety of the vessel reaches across four bridges and fine details extend from one bridge to another. The barrel drum bears an illustration of a compass rose also engraved by hand.
The peripheral oscillating weight in platinum, engine-turned and engraved with the Breguet legend, allows for a fully unobstructed view of the movement’s artwork.
One of the rarest horological complications, the equation of time serves to display the difference between mean solar time, corresponding to civil or standard hours and minutes, and true solar time, meaning the actual solar hours and minutes.
This is achieved by means of two minute hands, a traditional civil minute hand and a second minute hand showing solar time directly.
At the heart of the movement is a cam on a sapphire disc that completes a full rotation per year faithfully duplicating the equation of time cycle. This transparent disc, with months of the year marked along its perimeter, allows one to see the tourbillon located underneath.
The mechanism is completed with a set of gears called a “differential” that combines two separate inputs into one output. The civil minutes indication is produced by the main gear train of the watch. The equation of time information is read by the finger following the cam’s form. Thus, the differential, in effect, performs the formula for calculating solar time (civil time plus equation of time) which is displayed by the solar minute hand. With two minute hands, the owner at a glance can read civil time and solar time.
The running equation of time display of this model is paired with a perpetual calendar. The day of the week and the month are shown in small windows while the date is indicated with a "retrograde" hand known as “retrograde”. This hand advances along an arc until the end of the month when it will instantaneously snap back to “1” to start the next month.
The movement is derived from the extra-thin self- winding tourbillon caliber 581. Containing the timekeeping elements of the watch (balance wheel, spiral, and escapement), the tourbillon carriage in titanium makes one rotation per minute so eliminating rate errors resulting from gravitational forces.
The 80-hour power reserve, to match with the other indications on the dial, is shown by gauge-type indicator at VIII o’clock.
The 43.9 mm case has a thickness of 11.75 mm and is water-resistant to 10 bar (100 meters / 330 feet).
The Breguet Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 is rose gold with gold dial in slate-gray colour (ref. 5887BR/G2/9WV) has a price of Euro 212,500 / US$ 215,000. breguet.com
After the two initial versions, in platinum with blue dial and in rose gold with silvered dial, Breguet is presenting the watch in a new rose gold version framing a gold dial in a slate-gray colour.
The peripheral oscillating weight in platinum, engine-turned and engraved with the Breguet legend, allows for a fully unobstructed view of the movement’s artwork.
One of the rarest horological complications, the equation of time serves to display the difference between mean solar time, corresponding to civil or standard hours and minutes, and true solar time, meaning the actual solar hours and minutes.
This is achieved by means of two minute hands, a traditional civil minute hand and a second minute hand showing solar time directly.
At the heart of the movement is a cam on a sapphire disc that completes a full rotation per year faithfully duplicating the equation of time cycle. This transparent disc, with months of the year marked along its perimeter, allows one to see the tourbillon located underneath.
The running equation of time display of this model is paired with a perpetual calendar. The day of the week and the month are shown in small windows while the date is indicated with a "retrograde" hand known as “retrograde”. This hand advances along an arc until the end of the month when it will instantaneously snap back to “1” to start the next month.
The movement is derived from the extra-thin self- winding tourbillon caliber 581. Containing the timekeeping elements of the watch (balance wheel, spiral, and escapement), the tourbillon carriage in titanium makes one rotation per minute so eliminating rate errors resulting from gravitational forces.
The 80-hour power reserve, to match with the other indications on the dial, is shown by gauge-type indicator at VIII o’clock.
The 43.9 mm case has a thickness of 11.75 mm and is water-resistant to 10 bar (100 meters / 330 feet).
The Breguet Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887 is rose gold with gold dial in slate-gray colour (ref. 5887BR/G2/9WV) has a price of Euro 212,500 / US$ 215,000. breguet.com
A masterpiece from one of the watch brands that I respect more.
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