The House of Breguet celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2025, with the unveiling of the Classique Souscription 2025 wristwatch in Paris, home to Abraham-Louis Breguet’s workshop, which saw the birth of the master watchmaker’s great inventions.

The first timepiece with a simplified architecture, the design is epitomised by the purity of the white enamel dial, the time displayed by a single hand, yet with a remarkable legibility. More than two centuries ago, it was presented through an advertising pamphlet, the likes of which had never been seen before. Today, the historic, groundbreaking Souscription pocket watch is reborn as a wristwatch.

On the back of the case, the generously sized, slightly domed, sapphire crystal reveals the mechanical construction of the new VS00 calibre in gilded brass in the same shade as Breguet gold. It is decorated with an entirely new type of guilloché pattern unveiled this year, called Quai de l’Horloge. This new design is inspired by the singular curves of the Île de la Cité and the slender refinement of the Île Saint-Louis to create a harmonious rhythm that can be infinitely modulated. This new creation celebrates guilloché as a living art, sublimated by Breguet’s expertise. The structural typology of the movements in the first Souscription watches produced by A.-L. Breguet was the inspiration for this calibre.

The result of a meticulous development process, this movement beats at a frequency of 3Hz (21,600 vibrations per hour) and delivers an impressive four-day power reserve using only a single barrel. The balance spring, a small, coiled spring that is at the heart of the precision timekeeping of the watch, is blued and features a Breguet overcoil. It is made from NivachronTM, a non-magnetic alloy essentially composed of titanium. This makes the movement more resistant to temperature variations, magnetic fields and shocks. The plate and bridges are finely shot-blasted, a new decoration directly inspired by the movements of A.-L. Breguet. Blued steel screws and rubies further enhance the movement. At the centre sits the imposing ratchet wheel, which features an engraved inscription: the founder’s words, explaining the design of the Souscription movement and taken from his advertising brochure, are faithfully reproduced in his characteristic cursive script.

Technical Details

Material – 18K Breguet gold

Shape – Round

Width – 40 mm

Thickness – 10.8 mm

Caseback – Sapphire case back

Width of lugs – 21 mm

Type of crown – Non-screwed crown

Water resistance – 3 BAR

Type of buckle – Ardillon buckle

Material of buckle – Breguet gold

Dial finish – Polished

Dial coating – Grand Feu enamel

Hand material – Steel

Hand coating – Blued

Hand type – Breguet hollow apple

Power reserve – 96 hours

Movement width – 35.2 mm

Movement thickness – 6 mm

Number of jewels – 21

Frequency – 3.00 Hz

Winding – Manual winding

Escapement – Blue Breguet Nivachron™ balance spring

Number of components – 144