Breguet Classique – Ref 5140BB/29/9W6 – 18K WG – 2006 – Serviced – Box and Paper

Top of the art Breguet Classique with reference 5140 with round light grey guilloche dial and outer grey ring with Roman numerals marking each hour. The sub-dial for the seconds is at 6 o’clock. At 12 o’clock is engraved “Breguet “537”. The 2 secret Breguet signatures are between 11 and 1 o’clock.  It is a “Swiss Guilloche Main” model. Of course, the watch comes with blue “Breguet” hands style. The crown is coming with the “Breguet” logo. It is a 18K white gold back case with engraved outside “Breguet 537 U - Automatic – Ref 5140”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber 502 SD and 35 jewels. The watch comes with a brand new Breguet alligator strap and 18K white gold buckle. Width between lugs is 21mm. It comes with the original box and papers (Statement of the watch production and credit card receipt). The watch has been serviced by Breguet 8/2026.

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 502 SD, 35 jewels and 21,600 A/h. The power reserve is 45 hours. The watch’s movement has 162 components.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 40mm


Length including lugs: 46mm