Tradition Seconde Rétrograde 7035

With a unique architecture that brings its precision mechanism to the fore, crowned by a hand-made, enamel dial, the Tradition 7035 epitomises Breguet’s 250 years of technical and aesthetic innovation.

Tradition 7035,respecting savoir-faire

Breguet gold, an exclusive alloy presented for Breguet’s 250th anniversary, now enriches the case of the Tradition 7035.

This special edition emphasises the unique architecture of the movement, and features a guilloché dial in translucent blue, grand feu enamel displaying the hours and minutes, alongside a retrograde seconds display discretely positioned between 10 and 11 o’clock

Specially designed for Breguet’s 250th anniversary, this variation of the Tradition 7037 remains faithful to the Tradition collection’s geometric codes, combining Breguet’s technical and aesthetic expertise with meticulous in-house hand-finishing.

Breguet Gold and Breguet blue:two “signature” colour codes

The Tradition collection incorporates for the first time two “in-house” colour codes: Breguet gold and Breguet blue. Gold, silver, copper and palladium are skilfully fused into an alloy that radiates a warm, golden glow: Breguet gold. This exclusive alloy, created by Breguet, was introduced earlier this year with the Classique Souscription 2025 watch.

The 38 mm diameter case for the Tradition 7035 has been crafted from this new alloy. A specially-developed plating treatment ensures that the mainplate and bridges are of the same hue as the case. The silver-coloured gears, blued screws and ruby-red jewels provide visual contrast and further accentuate the radiance of Breguet gold.

The striking focal point of this model is the finely engine-turned dial, resplendent in Breguet blue. The chosen motive is the Quai de l’Horloge. Its tinted, translucent, grand feu enamel is of the same deep, blue as the retrograde seconds hand and screws, which are made of blued steel. In contrasting silver, the Breguet Arabic numerals, the minute track, with its stylised fleurs-de-lis, and the unique serial number at 4 o’clock stand out effortlessly against the shimmering azure of the enamel.

Quai de l’Horloge:a unique guilloché decor

A decorative technique that was often used on watch cases, guilloché has become an art in its own right. A.-L. Breguet was the first to use this technique to delineate the different displays on watch dials, and it remains, to this day, one of Breguet’s core areas of expertise. Breguet currently owns the largest collection of working guilloché lathes in the world.

These carefully renovated period machines can be used to create a wide range of motifs, from the most traditional, such as the Clou de Paris, to the most contemporary, the new Quai de l’Horloge design, which has been incorporated on the dial of this Tradition model.

This new guilloché motif was inspired by the graceful lines of the Seine as it flows around the Île de la Cité, where A.-L. Breguet’s workshop once stood, and the Île Saint-Louis, both in the heart of Paris.

The precise contours of this motif are modelled on the Turgot map, a highly-detailed, perspective view of the city of Paris produced in the eighteenth century. For its time it was remarkably accurate: it included all the streets, buildings and even every tree in the centre of Paris.

Breguet is among the Haute Horlogerie Houses to have retained its visual identity from its foundation to the present day.

— Gregory Kissling, CEO

A tributeto watchmaking genius

The back of the new Tradition 7035 reveals a golden landscape as fascinating as the front. The oscillating weight spins above the bridges’ satin-finished surfaces, which provide an elegant contrast to the shot-blasted mainplate below.

The crescent moon-shaped weight, made of vertical brushed platinum, is reminiscent of those used in A.-L. Breguet’s time.

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Tradition Seconde Rétrograde 7035

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