Traditionally balance springs are made of metal. They are vulnerable to shocks, magnetic fields and even the pull of gravity, which can cause warping. The specialists from Breguet found the solution to this problem with the creation of a silicon balance spring. Silicon is totally impervious to magnetic fields. The manufacturing operations of a silicon balance spring yield a broad variety of shapes, facilitating the highly accurate adaptation of its shape to precisely calculated models. Silicon balance springs are lighter than metal ones and thus less prone to deformation caused by the pull of gravity. They are also less vulnerable to shocks and provide far superior resistance to corrosion.

The new Breguet timepiece is housed by a round case crafted from 950 platinum. The case measures 41 mm in diameter and features a sapphire case back. Rounded horns are welded to the case and the screw pins are securing the strap. The new watch is water resistant to 30 meters.

The dial of the new Breguet Tradition is crafted from silvered 18K gold. It is hand-engraved on a rose engine off-centred at 7 o’clock. The dial shows Roman numerals as well as a 60-second tourbillon placed at 1 o’clock. Open-tipped Breguet hands are made of polished steel.

The heart of the new Breguet watch is a hand-wound mechanical movement calibre 596 clad in an anthracite gray alloy of platinum-group metals. The movement is complicated with a tourbillon regulator. It provides power reserve for 50 hours. Torque regularity throughout the operation of the watch is provided by the fusee-and-chain transmission.

The new Breguet Tradition Fusee Tourbillon is a brilliant example of a classical complicated timepiece that can serve both as an elegant accessory and a precise time-measuring device.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Eight Days Perpetual SQ

This is a really unique model as it is not only a complete perpetual calendar with the moon phase indication – it boasts 8 days of power reserve! By the way for the perpetual calendar watches the problem of power reserve is especially acute: if the movement ceases to work and later manually corrected the complicated system of days, dates, months and years can fail to work properly.

In case when perpetual calendar module is integrated into an automatic calibre the watch should be kept in the auto-winding box. But Master watch features a manually-wound calibre and that’s why the owner can wind the watch only once a week. The necessity to restore the energy is indicated by the power reserve indicator placed on the left of 12 o’clock. On the right there is day and night indicator.

Ulysse Nardin Freak Blue Phantom

Some time ago Freak Blue Phantom watch has been among the most discussable timepieces: everyone admired the creative solution of designers from Ulysse Nardin for the dial, wheels and main plate of the movement.

But beautiful original design is not the only peculiarity of the timepiece. The Freak features 7-days power reserve. The legendary Ulysse Dual Escapement receives the impulse from the big spring whose barrel occupies practically all the space under the case back. The spring is wound by rotating the case back. The hands are adjusted with the help of the rant.

IWC Portuguese Tourbillon

For the watchmaker IWC power reserve of 7 days has become a traditional feature after the launch of the calibre 5000 for which a long and powerful spring was specially created.

In fact the watch can work for full 8 days, but the designers say that the spring inside the watch should not be unwound to extremes as it is not good for it. As such a spring occupies quite a lot space all the calibres from the 5000 series are made on the basis of movements for pocket watches. So in the Portuguese watch practically all the space inside a 44.2-mm case is occupied by the movement calibre 50900 comprising parts. The movement is additionally equipped with a tourbillon and a Pellaton auto-winding system.

It’s common knowledge that a tourbillon module consumes a lot of energy and that’s why creation of such a calibre that can work for a week is the sign of the highest class of the manufactory.

Officine Panerai Radiomir 10 Days GMT

As we all know Panerai was the first to come up with the idea to create a diver’s watch with 7-days power reserve. The first models made by Panerai during the World War II for the special military unit Gamma Force had a usual screw-in crown and due to this fact the system of water resistance was quite vulnerable.

Later the company designed a new system with a protection lever that in its turn has become a proprietary feature of the Radiomir series. Additionally the movement was equipped with two barrels that provide 8-days power reserve.

The modern version of the Radiomir watch with GMT indication based on the in-house calibre P.2003 is equipped with three barrels that guarantee stable work of the watch for 10 days. Thje watch is also equipped with a linear power reserve indicator.

Breguet Classique

Traditionally there are few multi-barrel timepieces in the collection of the most classical of all Swiss brands. But still the Breguet Classique series includes the model that in spite of quite thin proportions boasts a serious power reserve and date indication.

The timepiece features 3-days power reserve which is provided by a spring of the miniature Manufacture Breguet movement. The spring was specially designed and crafted from a patented alloy at Nivarox FAR.

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The main peculiarity of the new Breguet Marine Royale 5847 watch is the alarm clock function. The tests proved that the sound of this alarm clock is heard underwater even better than on earth: the speed of sound waves increases with the density of the environment. Underwater more clear sound comes 4 times faster.

The crown and the push-piece are made of gold and protected with rubber “cap”. The watch is very convenient for the divers as its water resistance makes up 300 meters. The time is easily tracked with the help of the rotary bezel and luminescent markers and hands.

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The dial of the new Classique Art Deco is decorated with an impressive guilloche pattern in Damier Art Deco style. Owing to this original pattern the dial crafted from 18K gold and coated with silver looks three-dimensional. The guilloche pattern is made by hand and makes one of the main peculiarities of this model (which is actually stated at the dial).

The case of the new Breguet watch is made of 18K yellow gold and measures 41 mm in diameter and 6.5 mm in height. Both front and back cases are equipped with sapphire crystal. The new watch is 30 meters water resistant.

Breguet Classique Art Deco is powered by a movement calibre 506.2 with manual winding and power reserve of 40 hours.

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The bidding fetched total sum of $9,214,974 for 414 rare watches. The competitive bidding for the outstanding Patek Philippe Matsuda watches has become the real highlight of the sale. The platinum Matsuda Ref. 5013 (lot 412) was sold for $ 564,000 while the platinum Matsuda Ref. 5016 achieved $ 780,000 which a world record price for this model as well as $ 684,000 for one more platinum Matsuda watch Ref. 3939.

Seiko GMT Spring Drive Spacewalk timepiece has become one more highlight of the Thursday sale. The extraordinary watch that was made in a limited edition of 6 pieces especially for the 12 day Space Mission “Soyuz TMA-13” and worn by Private Space Explorer and renowned Video Game Designer, Richard Garriott was sold for $ 45,600.

This Antiquorum sale has also fetched remarkable sums for other timepieces as Cartier Tortue XL Tourbillon Chrongraph Monopossoir (sold for $ 186,000), Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars-Grande Complication Automatique (sold for $ 228,000), Breguet Sympathique, No. 2 (sold for $ 564,000), Omega chronograph of 1942 (sold for $ 36,000) and Omega Speedmaster (sold for $ 45,600) and Marlon Brando’s watch by Vacheron Constantin (sold for $ 18,000).

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