Breguet Marine Ref 5517 T in titanium with cal 777A – Mint - Full Set

Breguet Marine Ref 5517 T in titanium with cal 777A – Mint - Full Set

Top of the art Breguet Marine reference 5517T with grey round dial and Roman numerals for hours and dots for minutes. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. It is a Swiss Guilloche Main model. The watch has white gold hands with Breguet style. The screwed crown comes with the Breguet logo. The watch has a screwed titanium back case with exhibition back case and engraved around “Horloger de la Marine – Ref 5517 – Breguet 2790 BZ – The caseband comes with fluted striation. The watch comes with an automatic movement with caliber 777A and 26 jewels. The watch comes with a black rubber strap and Breguet titanium double clasp. Width between lugs is 23mm. Full set with box, outer box, papers, manual and tag..

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

Breguet automatic movement with caliber 777A with 26 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The power reserve is 55 hours.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm


Length including lugs: 47mm