In 2018, Breguet decided to focus almost entirely on building out its Marine collection, which also included the support of an initiative for the preservation of the ocean worldwide. We had the opportunity to briefly set sail with the new collection.
The Breguet-sponsored Race for Water expedition operates from a mixed solar-hydrogen-kite-powered vessel.
Horloger de la Marine

Instruments for sea exploration have been an important part of Breguet?s history, especially since the watchmaker was appointed the official chronometer-maker to the French Royal Navy in 1815 (shortly after having been appointed a member of the Bureau des Longitudes in Paris), undoubtedly the most prestigious title to which a French horologist could aspire to at that time. The Bureau des Longitudes in Paris was created in 1795 by the National Convention and dedicated to the advancement of the various branches of astronomy and their applications to geography, navigation and geodesy (the measurement and understanding of Earth?s physical properties). Its tasks included the annual publication of reference documents such as astronomical ephemerides. The Bureau des Longitudes was a prestigious organization whose few members included geometers, astronomers, seafarers and associate artists. The only representative of his profession that was eminently useful to physicists and navigators, Breguet became the horological authority, notably for the calculation of longitudes at sea.
A Breguet Marine chronometer fro...