As you may have heard, America is celebrating a big milestone this year—and so, too, is Breguet.
It’s 225 years to the date (June 26, 1801, or 7 Messidor Year 9, per the French revolutionary calendar used at the time) since the maison’s founder Abraham-Louis Breguet was granted a patent for his tourbillon, an invention that would change watchmaking forever. And Breguet is not one to let a milestone pass them by; after all, it debuted a slew of timepieces to honor its 250th anniversary—one of which, the Expérimentale 1, earned the accolade of Best Watch of the Year in our 2026 Best of the Best awards. Now, the brand just unveiled a quartet of tourbillons to pay homage to that historic patent filing.
First up are two new models of a timepiece that may seem a bit familiar. The Classique Tourbillon 7357 builds directly upon Ref. 3350, which holds the title of the first modern tourbillon wristwatch made by Breguet. A collector’s darling, that reference got its power from the brand’s Calibre 558. For the new duo, though, Breguet created an entirely new movement called Cal. 187B. The caliber, at 4.85 mm thick and 30 mm in diameter, retains some of the hallmarks of its predecessor, such as its frequency of 2.5 Hz.
