Introducing the new Tradition Tourbillon 7047 from Breguet, a Swiss high-end watchmaker. A new color for the collection’s flagship, Tradition Tourbillon 7047, is the Fusée and Chains transmission system, the most classic of the Constant-force mechanism that provides power to the geartrain with a constant torque. You could call it a variation. Even so, it feels very fresh because it is a tradition tourbillon 7047 that is being presented with a lot of effort.
The founder of the Breguet House, Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) is arguably one of the most important figures in watch history. Of the many legacy he left behind, the tourbillon is the pinnacle of his career. In the 18th and 19th centuries, pocket fake watches, worn with long chains attached to clothing pockets or inside vests, became popular, and even these were owned only by a few royalty and wealthy aristocrats. Due to the nature of the pocket watch, it usually operates vertically inside the sleeve, but the load also affects the rotational movement of the key regulating organs of the movement, commonly called the oscillator, and the balance spring. It went crazy and negatively affected the accuracy of the watch. Abraham-Louis Breguet devised a tourbillon mechanism, literally inspired by a ‘whirlwind’, after contemplating how to offset the effect of the Earth’s gravity on the watch and the changing center of gravity depending on the wear position and secure isochronism. I have come to And the related patents marked the beginning of the legend by filing for the first time a patent for the manufacture of tourbillons with the French Ministry of Interior on June 26, 1801, on the 7th of Messidor 9 in the 9th year of the French Republic.
The pride and affection that Breguet has for the tourbillon as a tourbillon family cannot be overstated. It can be seen from the fact that tourbillon products are not missing from current major collections such as Classic, Tradition, and Marine. From the ultra-thin (extra-flat) tourbillon, which was once one of the world’s thinnest automatic tourbillon movements, to the various skeleton tourbillons in the Métier darn (craft art) style, two tourbillon cages are connected by a single bridge and rotate inside the dial. It was possible because of the unique technology and know-how accumulated over many years to be able to present more diverse tourbillon products than any other Maison, even the double tourbillon. A novel attempt to combine the Fuse & Chain transmission system, which can only be found in marine chronometers in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the tourbillon mechanism of a modern wristwatch is also the fruit of a rich heritage.
The Tradition Tourbillon 7047 is presented in noble platinum. The diameter of the case is 41mm and the thickness is 16mm, and it supports 30m water resistance, which is rare for this type of watch. A large tourbillon cage is exposed at the top of the dial, opposite the House’s signature engine-turning, hand-crafted guilloché-finished gold dial, with two bridges in between, Fuse & Chain. The layout unique to the Tourbillon 7047, in which the relevant components that drive the transmission system are placed, remain unchanged. The entire gold off-center guilloché dial is blue-coated, while the titanium cage and chain links are also blue-coated to differentiate it from the previous platinum anthracite version at a glance.
Another aspect of the exclusive in-house manual caliber 569 can be admired not only through the dial but also through the sapphire crystal caseback. The 569 Caliber, which consists of a whopping 542 parts and 43 jewels, is almost a grand complication, and the reason why there are more parts than any other tourbillon movement is probably due to the Fuse & Chain related parts. The titanium balance of the tourbillon cage, which rotates at 1 revolution per minute, vibrates at 18,800 beats per hour (2.5 Hz) and uses an overcoiled balance spring made of silicon that is not affected by temperature changes and magnetism. And the power reserve is guaranteed for about 50 hours.
The domestic launch price of the new Tradition Tourbillon 7047 Platinum (Ref. 7047PT/1Y/9ZU) was set at 235.13 million won. As a model representing the high status of the closing price of the tourbillon, it deserves the attention of high-end watch lovers and collectors who are looking for a special tourbillon watch.
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