Well Timed

SINGAPORE (July 3): Deep blue enamelled masterpiece

Breguet’s Extra-Thin Self-Winding Tourbillon is adorned with a touch of deep blue using the traditional grand feu enamel technique. While only a few artisans are still capable of handling this age-old process, Breguet is keeping the art alive with a workshop dedicated to enamelling. Beyond providing decoration to the dial, enamel work is a particularly specialised craft, one requiring rigour, patience and technical mastery. In this timepiece, the hue is a blend of a number of blue nuances, whose striking depth effect is applied to the Breguet numerals, hours and seconds chapters and logo on the dial. Under the dial lies the beating heart of the watch with its minimalist design — the 581 Calibre. Breguet’s thinnest tourbillon movement showcased in this timepiece is no thicker than 3mm. The total thickness of the case is 7.45mm. Meanwhile, the Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367 boasts an 80-hour power reserve, thanks to its highenergy barrel, a concept patented by Breguet.