{"id":114214,"date":"2021-11-18T03:58:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/breguet-le-tourbillon-dune-vie\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T09:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T14:21:13","slug":"breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Breguet, the whirlwind of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon ranks supreme among horological complications. Who better than the House of Breguet to pay tribute to its own history with the unveiling of this tourbillon watch in a limited edition? A masterpiece, to be discovered with SoBARNES.<\/h4>\n<p>Friday 26\u00a0June 1801, Abraham-Louis Breguet stood on the verge of revolutionising watchmaking history, having just filed a patent in Paris for his \u201c<em>watch compensating for all of the inequalities that may be found in the balance wheel and mainspring<\/em>\u201d. This invention, which he named the \u201c<em>Tourbillon<\/em>\u201d (French for \u2018whirlwind\u2019), was designed to cancel out the effects of Earth\u2019s gravity on pocket watches, which were worn vertically at the time. 220 years later, the champion of complications has lost none of its aura. The Manufacture Breguet is paying tribute to this invention today with the Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Anniversaire 5365, a real head-turner to say the least.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Anniversaire 5365\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kOt-O7PTab0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This anniversary piece is, of course, fitted with a tourbillon visible between 4 o\u2019clock and 6 o\u2019clock, with one of these axes showing the seconds. But SoBARNES would like to tip its hat to the two guilloch\u00e9 motifs (<em>Clous de Paris<\/em>, or \u2018hobnail\u2019, and <em>grain d\u2019orge<\/em>, or \u2018barley grain\u2019) hand-engraved on the gold dial. Now one of Breguet\u2019s hallmarks, <em>guillochage<\/em>, or engine-turning, has a particular function in horology: it captures the light in a variety of ways, thus enabling the different reading zones on the dial to be clearly marked. Engine-turned surfaces are also better protected from the ravages of time than a polished finish. Lastly, they offer the relief needed to collect the microdust that could have degraded the chronometric performance of the first pocket watches more than two centuries ago.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-114214 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life\/attachment\/5365br159wu__pr_low_resolution__72_dpi___jpg__11669-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU__PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11669-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU__PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11669-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU__PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11669-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life\/attachment\/5365br159wu_closeupdos_pr_low_resolution__72_dpi___jpg__11667-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU_CloseUpDos_PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11667-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU_CloseUpDos_PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11667-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5365BR159WU_CloseUpDos_PR_Low_resolution__72_dpi___JPG__11667-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life\/attachment\/breguet-tourbillon-guillochage-sobarnes-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/breguet-tourbillon-guillochage-sobarnes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/breguet-tourbillon-guillochage-sobarnes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/breguet-tourbillon-guillochage-sobarnes-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The caseback of this sublimely classic watch also deserves close attention: the barrel bears the inscription \u201cAnniversaire 1801\u20132021\u201d, while the lower bridge of the tourbillon proudly boasts \u201cBrevet No 157 Du 7 Messidor An IX\u201d(*). But the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me has to be the reproduction of the watercolour plate used by Abraham-Louis Breguet when filing his 1801 patent, to the right of the movement. How\u2019s that for pure elegance?<\/p>\n<p>And the final oh-so charming detail, the Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Anniversaire 5365 will be produced in just 35 pieces, the same number of tourbillon watches made during the lifetime of Abraham-Louis Breguet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:laurent@sobarnes.com\">laurent@sobarnes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(*) 26\u00a0June 1801 and 7\u00a0Messidor year\u00a0IX are one and the same, according to the Republican calendar still used in France at the time. But you\u2019d already guessed that<\/p>\n<p>--<\/p>\n<p>Infos : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breguet.com\/fr\/maison-breguet\/actualites\/classique-tourbillon-extra-plat-anniversaire-5365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breguet.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon ranks supreme among horological complications. Who better than the House of Breguet to pay tribute to its own history with the unveiling of this tourbillon watch in a limited edition? A masterpiece, to be discovered with SoBARNES. Friday 26\u00a0June 1801, Abraham-Louis Breguet stood on the verge of revolutionising watchmaking history, having just filed a patent in Paris for his \u201cwatch compensating for all of the inequalities that may be found in the balance wheel and mainspring\u201d. This invention, which he named the \u201cTourbillon\u201d (French for \u2018whirlwind\u2019), was designed to cancel out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6568,"featured_media":114141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[552,511],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.4 (Yoast SEO v16.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breguet, the whirlwind of life - SoBarnes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/breguet-the-whirlwind-of-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breguet, the whirlwind of life - SoBarnes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon ranks supreme among horological complications. 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