Breguet

Credit: Breguet. The Fundamentals of an iconic tool watch. Best, Nicolas

In today's world where the main occupation of brands has become the raising of prices, these watches from the (recent) past are a nice reminder of what drew me into the hobby. Best, Gerard

225 pieces of pure beauty. Issued in year 2000 to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the brand. 36 mm diameter, 8 mm high, and platinum solid case back available. What more to ask for? Best, Nicolas

With apologies for the shape distortion

I’ve been on a hunt lately for a white gold (or platinum) piece that has ability to be a strap monster. I love changing up the feel of a watch with straps. Lately I’ve been eyeing the 7097 as a candidate. I’ve always loved the Tradition line. Not sure how

In the past I have had good results with custom sized straps from Camille Fournet but since I was not traveling to Paris on my most recent trip overseas I went to Jean Rousseau instead as I was visiting London. They made this beautiful sapphire blue allig

Not pedestrian at all this beauty. One of it’s kind. I won’t forget the backside this time.

..and then today at the Musee International d’horologie ( highly recommended), I saw the original inspiration and I’m now close to decided:

Since i started this hobby, i've always wanted a yellow gold watch. In fact, my first expensive watch was a Yellow gold plated Montblanc Star, with breguet numbers...a very handsome watch. But it was a quartz, so when i began to admire mechanical watches