Breguet’s Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Squelette 5395 is a watch that combines the most emblematic of all Breguet inventions, the tourbillon, with a unique skeletonized dial architecture. The new watch ? shown to audiences in the U.S. for the first time at the upcoming WatchTime New York collectors’ event ? takes the manufacture’s extra-thin, tourbillon-equipped Caliber 581 and removes close to 50 percent of its normal material construction.
Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat 5395
The emphasis placed on Caliber 581 as the overriding aesthetic of the watch gives it a visually compelling look distinct from those of other models in the elegantly appointed Classique family of timepieces. The gold plate and bridges have been hollowed out so as to display the mechanical anatomy of the movement. Clous de Paris hobnailing was created on the remaining plates using a diamond-tipped guilloché procedure. The sharp edges were painstakingly chamfered by hand, using a file to create a series of exceptionally smooth 45-degree bevels. Significant engraving work was then carried out by hand for the different inscriptions as well as around the borders to frame the holes. The watch?s dial features applied indices in blued gold along with, of course, the signature blued steel open-tipped Breguet hands. The skeletonized Caliber 581 features a redesigned tourbillon.
Coming in at only 3 mm thick, with a tourbillon carriage weighing under 0.3 grams, automatic Caliber 581 ...