Breguet celebrates the 220th anniversary of the tourbillon this year.
Rather than look to any one new watch, we examine the history of
this most important haute horlogerie mechanism as it relates to its
emotional home, Montres Breguet SA
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Tradition Fusée Tourbillon ref. 7047BR

Usually, what catches the eye in most watches is plainly evident, otherwise why would anyone have taken the trouble to make it pretty. That aside, the hands and the markers are designed to stand out, because these are why people look at a watch. Both these reasons are, in fact, why the tourbillon was moved from the back of the movement and placed dial-side, but we will get back to the why and the hows of this momentarily. The mechanical watch makes the view from the caseback important though, and that is what drew us to the watch on the cover this issue. As usual, we get into more depth about the Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 Quai de l?Horloge (above) in the cover watch story, but our cover story pertains to more than just one watch. In a few words, it is about both tradition and innovation, and how both find happy homes in Breguet tourbillon wristwatches.
The peculiar construction of the Double Tourbillon 5345 Quai de l?Horloge (or 5345 Quai de l?Horloge as we will refer to it in the rest of this story, to differentiate it from other Breguet Double Tourbillons), means that there...