Breguet Reveil du Tsar in white gold with reference 5707BB129V6 - numbered 3447 – Full Set

Top of the art Breguet Reveil du Tsar in white gold with reference 5707BB129V6 and numbered 3447. It has a white guilloche dial and outer silver ring. The watch has black Roman numerals for the hours. The watch comes with three sub-dials, 3 o’clock for the alarm “reveil” set-up, at 6 o’clock the second hand and 9 o’clock the 24 hours dial. At 12 o’clock, comes the window for the alarm “Reveil” and 10 o’clock its power reserve. At 4 and 7 o’clock is engraved the secret marks “Breguet” in the silver ring and “Breguet 3447” at 12 o’clock. At 6 o’clock comes “Swiss Guilloche Main”. The hands are in blue with the “Breguet” design. The 2 crowns at 2 and 4 o’clock come with the Breguet logo. At 7 o’clock comes the pusher for the alarm. It is a white gold screwed case with a crystal sapphire exhibition back case. The watch has all the “poincons” for gold. The watch comes with a caseband with fluting striation typical of Breguet watches. Automatic Breguet movement with caliber 519F, 38 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The watch has a power reserve of 45 hours. It is numbered 009008. The watch comes with a black “Camille Fournet” crocodile strap and the original white gold “Breguet” folding clasp. Width between lugs is 20mm. The watch comes with the original box, the “Certificat d’Origine et de Garantie, tag and manual of operation.

History

Abraham Louis Breguet was born in 1747 from a French family in Neuchatel, the genius of all master watchmakers. He started his shop in Paris in 1775 and was forced to leave during the revolution. He came back to Paris in1795. Breguet watches were for the prince, tsars, emperors or kings. You even find the Breguet name in the French literature. Inventions are enormous, like the ultimate pocket-watches, the selfwinding “Montres Perpetuelles”, the tact watches, the tourbillon, the Breguet balance spring to name a few. The height of his achievement was the Marie-Antoinette watch in which he combined all the complications. He died in 1823 and then Antoine Louis and Louis Breguet ran the company. In 1870, the works foreman Edward Brown took over the company and 100 years later, it was acquired by the Chaumet’s brothers. Since 1999 the company is owned by the Swatch group. Under their aegis, in 2006, Breguet produced a brilliant double tourbillon. 

Technical details

Automatic Breguet movement with caliber 519F, 38 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The watch has a power reserve of 45 hours. It is numbered 009008.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 39.5mm


Length including lugs: 48mm