The Breguet Tradition collection takes its inspiration from one of the most significant pieces of Breguet’s history: the subscription watch. Purposefully simple and stripped-back, its fully visible movement unveils a perfectly symmetrical design. In the new Tradition Quantième Rétrograde 7597 model, it also features a retrograde date display, a complication that the watchmaker was one of the first to develop, and which it has bestowed on some of its most famous creations. Tradition Quantième Rétrograde 7597

This novelty features an hours chapter with Roman numerals, bordered by a delicate engine-turned Clous de Paris pattern, which serves as a backdrop for blued Breguet hands. In the interests of balance, a retrograde date section is positioned between the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock and a skillfully curved hand indicates the date moving in the vertical plane, fitting in with the ultra-architectural movement. A patented mechanism provides for a fine adjustment of the date hand. The latter is multi-tiered, allowing it to fly over the movement components. At 10 o’clock, a screw-in corrector allows users to set the date safely.

Tradition watch in 18-carat gold with retrograde date. Self-winding anthracite movement. Silicon Breguet balance-spring. Off-centred dial in silvered gold, engine-turned by hand. Sapphire caseback. Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 m). Diameter: 40 mm. Alligator leather strap with pin buckle in gold. 7597BB/G1/9WU 7597BR/G1/9WU