Breguet Marine Musical Alarm 5547

Largely acknowledged for its Classique watches and its differ of pilot’s chronographs, Breguet has an prolonged customized of nautical-inspired fashions too. The Marine assortment represents the hyperlink to a lesser-known aspect of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s historic previous, when he was the “Horloger de la Marine”, the official supplier of chronometers to France’s Navy. Now in its third period, the Marine is the sportiest and boldest assortment of the watchmaker, however it stays refined, as a Breguet must be. Proper this second, we take a extra in-depth check out a model with a unusual and interesting complication, a mechanical alarm. Proper right here’s our video evaluation of the Breguet Marine Alarme Musicale 5547.

Abraham-Louis Breguet known as one of many important influential watchmakers of all events. He revolutionised horology with manifold enhancements however as well as created the notion of “mannequin” in watchmaking. What fewer know is that all through the French Restauration, following the autumn of Napoleon, Breguet was appointed as a result of the official watchmaker of the French Royal Navy in 1815 by Louis XVIII, thus becoming the one supplier of marine chronometers for France’s navigation at sea. Even within the current day, this heritage continues to be sturdy for the mannequin, which has merely grow to be patron of the French Nationwide Navy Museum in Paris. The Marine assortment, first launched all through the Nineteen Nineties, pays tribute to this nautical spirit. In 2018, Breguet launched the third period of Marine watches, endowing it with a dynamic and updated spirit. Together with a time-and-date model and a chronograph, the gathering features a actually partaking model, outfitted with a unusual nevertheless charming complication, a mechanical alarm.

This watch, the Breguet Marine Alarme Musicale 5547, is the topic of our video evaluation – we chosen the white gold model, with its handsome blue guilloché dial (most certainly most likely essentially the most partaking model throughout the differ). The case has been radically modernised on this third period, displaying additional angular shapes and a lug module for dynamic traces. Nonetheless, it is a Breguet and the decoration/ending is top-notch. Classique parts have been saved, such as a result of the wave-shaped crown guard or the fluted caseband – with a additional pronounced pattern than a Classique model. The dial, constituted of secure gold with a hand-guilloché pattern, moreover performs on the nautical theme, with its wave pattern and a lot of different references to nautical flags – on the power reserve or the seconds hand counterweight. The watch is equipped with a twin time carry out and a date… nevertheless largely, a chiming complication.

What points most on this Breguet Marine 5547 is its alarm carry out, executed by the calibre 519/F1 – a joint enchancment by Lemania and Frédéric Piguet. This computerized movement choices two barrels, every wound concurrently by means of the crown or the unidirectional computerized mechanism. The first barrel powers the time indication whereas the second powers the alarm mechanism. This carry out is operated by the second crown, positioned at 4 o’clock (which moreover items the second time zone) and a push-button at 7 o’clock, which prompts or deactivates the alarm. A small bell appears throughout the 12 o’clock window when it is activated.

And for those who want to hear how this alarm sounds, check out the video evaluation above. It is a pretty spectacular and mechanically fascinating carry out. Additional particulars on this Breguet Marine Alarme Musicale 5547 and the rest of the Marine assortment at www.breguet.com.