Montres Breguet elevates the Quantième Rétrograde 7597 with a regal variation.
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In 1797, pioneering master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet sought to restart his watchmaking activities after the Revolutionary interregnum using a new business model. The idea was that he would create more affordable watches, ones that would help bring in a steady flow of capital and forward the grander vision of his horological pursuits. The model also required patrons to commission their timepieces and agree to pay for a portion of the costs upfront ? a souscription, or subscription, model if you will. While the pocket watches he produced through this approach were simple, they were made with zero chronometric compromises. 
Simplicity in approach and construction ensured easy availability of parts and components from suppliers, thus keeping costs down. There was also an unexpected plus point to this approach. The faces of these timepieces were relatively unassuming; elegantly reserved, one might say. Their movements, though, presented an avant-garde brutalist aesthetic that was hard not to appreciate. Think steampunk, long before the term was even coined ? even the brutalism would not take shape until the mid-20th century. All of this is important to recount, to make this one important point: Abraham-Louis Breguet was an enlightened man, far ahead of his time. 

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