It may not have the name recognition of Rolexor Patek Philippe but Breguet, a company founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775, is one of the most highly regarded watchmakers in the world, with Breguet himself a universally recognized innovator in the field. We have Breguet to thank for the tourbillon movement (patented in 1801), the world’s first self-winding watch (1780) and the world’s first wrist watch (1810). His clients included royalty galore: Marie Antoinette, Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte, Tsar Alexander I, and the Ottoman Emperor Selim III, just to name a few.
This year marks the company’s 250th anniversary, and to celebrate the occasion they unveiled a new timepiece: the Classique Souscription 2025 wrist watch. It is, in essence, the reimagining of a pocket watch that debuted in 1795.
Read all about it here.