The most popular and widely used alarm watches, such as the JLC Memovox and the Vulcain Cricket, have all tended to have one thing in common, which is that the alarm is usually designed to be as loud as possible, rather than necessarily pleasant to listen to per se. This seems more than reasonable, and … Read more

Abraham-Louis Breguet was the brains behind countless inventions in the watchmaking world. In addition to the tourbillon and the pare-chute shock protection device, he is also largely attributed as the inventor of the split-seconds chronograph. Breguet created an inking chronograph with his pupil Fatton, then went even further by developing a “chronomètre à doubles secondes, … Read more

The Breguet Marine 5517 has an updated look for 2018. It’s still the water-resistant sport luxury watch that gives Breguet a chance to break out from the conservative rigidity of its more sober guilloché-dialed, pocket-watch-influenced beauties. But now the Marine is now also being offered in a titanium version that collectors will probably be more comfortable treating … Read more

The Breguet Type XX and Type XXI watches are the odd men out in the Breguet lineup. The company’s mainstays are elegant watches in precious metals, often kept as thin as is practical, and of course the signature complication is the tourbillon – Abraham L. Breguet’s most famous brainchild. The Type XX and XXI represent another, more … Read more