Breguet No. 7637 Boutique Exclusive Minute Repeater
Breguet’s Fusée Tourbillon is a unique one among luxury wrist watches and was made using a special complication created exclusively for improving accuracy of timekeeping. The Breguet No. 7637 Boutique Exclusive Minute Repeater is another interesting watch from the same watchmaker known for the sheer beauty of its repeater engaged in its work.
Breguet brand belongs to the Swatch group and is one of the top 10 watches for men. Swatch has been prominently investing in the brand to take it to its current levels. You can check out the top ten watch lists created by various experts in the field, and you are unlikely to find one without a Breguet in it.
The center dial made of see through sapphire lets you view the watch’s movement in action. You would be bowled over by the perfection of the various components in its movement. All in all, the watch provides you with a nice feeling due to the shades of color, textures, lume etc. used in it.
There is nothing too fancy about the dial. Breguet has been using hour and minute hands made with blued steel in some of their other models and has continued to do so in this one too. The watchmaker has given a lot of stress on the smaller details of the watch like the Roman numerals in black color, gold pips etc. The watchmaker’s logo is etched on to either side of the 12 hour mark. A 30 seconds register featuring Arabic numerals is located at 9 O’ clock position. The 24 hour register found in the model 7637 is not present in this special edition model.
The sapphire case back lets you enjoy the beauty of the ornately decorated movement that is running the watch. The visible presence of rubies adds to the stylishness of the movement. The pink gold case watch is 42 mm in size.
The best feature of the watch is the minute slider which is quite a loud repeater. You can activate this from the slide at its 9 O’ clock position. Unlike most features in the watch that are traditional in nature, the repeater provides it with a modern look. It is an innovation on the part of Breguet and is named a ‘gong-spring’ repeater. The new design helps the repeater to generate a much better effect. When you watch the repeater in action, you can see the hammers striking the gongs towards the right side of the watch.
When you compare this watch with the other creations from the watchmaker, the Breguet No. 7637 Boutique Exclusive Minute Repeater is an excellent creation from their stable. They have revisited an old complication and successfully altered it to come up with something really interesting. The packaging of the watch conducted in a traditional yet ornate manner is definitely going to please watch lovers from all parts of the world. At $ 238,500, this watch is a luxury watch successfully derived from the number 7637 model.