RHAPSODY IN BLUE

A familiar yet elaborate mechanical dance by Breguet, starring the fusée-chain constant force and tourbillon mechanisms

Alvin Wong

As much as the tourbillon has enthralled watchmakers and collectors alike with its combination of technical and visual attributes since its introduction in 1801, we would hesitate to call the invention a piece of art. Because all art, once made available, is deemed to be completed. The tourbillon, on the other hand, continues to evolve. Two hundred and twenty-one years after its debut, the mechanism that was designed to negate the effects of gravity on pocket watches is still continually re-engineered and redesigned – and done more so by none other than Breguet, the watchmaking House that bears the name of the tourbillon’s creator. Although the Breguet Tradition 7047 looks every bit a classic and highly technical timepiece made at a time when men wore matching three-piece suits and sported handlebar…

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CROWN (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 3 2022

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