
Breguet Classique Grande discounts on watchesgoogle.com
Reported by 457456713 | February 27th, 2011 @ 11:50 PM
While pretty awesome to behold (especially in size) and pretty
in design, the Breguet Classique Grande Complication_Breguet Marine
Royale Ref. 5847 watch_replica Breguet Marine watches for 2010 is
an ergonomic mistake. It looks cool on the wrist - making you feel
like some sort of well-to-do space pirate captain, but the
legibility and use of the watch are pretty whacked. I've never much
bought into the whole Breguet Marine line. Is it supposed to be a
true diver? Just dive style? Dive anything? I mean it is called the
"Marine," and does have an available rubber strap, 300 meters of
water resistance, and rotating diver's bezel. Then again, it does
have the "Royale" name. So maybe this is just a watch meant for
yachting. Regardless of the style or actual theme of the watch, it
does have a sort of handsome grace. Confused maybe, but still
handsome. You have to like the design of the rotating bezel and the
out minute marker chapter ring.
New for 2010 is the Breguet Marine Royale Alarm Ref. 5847
(5847BB/12/BZ0). Not the first alarm for the line, but perhaps more
"alarming." The watch is big too. Almost massive for Breguet
standards at 45mm wide. This with the thickness of the case make it
feel like a big chuck or metal on your wrist. Heavy is good, but
the watch really does have a particular "chunky" quality to it.
Case material is 18k white gold (or 18k rose gold), and available
with two dial colors.
There are a few peculiar pushers and levers on the side of the
case. It looks intimidating are first glance. One of the things
(near the crown) is a lever that locks the bezel into place to
prevent it from moving. An odd looking wave pusher on the other
side of the case is used for cycling through the alarm functions
(on or off mainly). I do quite like the "wave" style engrave
automatic rotor in the rear of the watch. That is part of the
entire Marine collection, and I enjoy it. The more you look at the
case style and the dial of course, you tend to feel that the watch
is "imperial" in theme. Sure Breguet watches is popular in
countries that have had some degree of "empire" in their history
(or present), but the watch does feel a welcome accessory to your
political war machine.
Breguet Classique Grande Complication_Breguet Marine Royale Ref.
5847 watch_replica Breguet Marine watches gives the watch an 18k
silvered gold dial (or in rhodium black) that is deeply engraved
with a number of guilloche patterns. The light blue elements for
the alarm ring are a nice touch, and most of the elements on the
dial are applied. Without having to read the dial, it looks really
pleasant. And now starts the confusion. I've mentioned that watch
is an alarm. Mechanical it works well enough. Use one of the crowns
on the right side of the case to set the blue tipped alarm hand,
and then use the "wave" pusher to make sure the alarm is on or off.
The sound is about as good as you can get from a mechanical alarm
in a case of this size and design. Meaning it is not very loud -
though most aren't really. The dial has a separate power reserve
indicator for the alarm (though none for the rest of the
functions). So you can be sure it has enough power. That indicator
is not exactly a breeze to read. In bad light, forget about seeing
the little hand in it. Worse is the tiny window for the alarm
function indicator. The actual disc is so deep into the movement it
is like looking into a pin hole. Without the right light or angle,
you have basically no way of knowing whether the alarm is on or
off. I doubt that many people who have this watch are going to use
the alarm much. On the dark dialed version of the watch all these
legibility and ergonomic problems are compounded.
I would love to say that reading the time is any better.
Traditional Breguet Pomme hands are nice, but they are too thin
here and blend in with the dial. Trust me, in the wrong light, you
may as well check your phone or ask someone else for the time.
There is lume on the 18k gold hands, but just a little dot for the
minute hand, and a super small sliver on the hour hand. This is all
form over function, and I never expected that from Breguet. I am
sure that the lume on the dial is better. Overall I wish that
Breguet would have planned out the dial better, it really destroys
what otherwise could have been a kick-ass watch.
Movement wise the Marine Royale Alarm has an automatic Breguet
Caliber 519R. Nice 18k white gold rotor that I discussed above, and
a 45 hour power reserve. In addition to the time and alarm, it has
a date complication as well. The finishing and decoration on the
movement is nicely done - though that is to be expect from Breguet.
So in the end, as a Breguet "looking" watch the 2010 Marine Royale
Alarm doesn't disappoint, nor does it as a luxury watch. But as a
tool that is actually meant to be useful (at least to tell the
time), it is lacking. And in Breguet's defense, it is by no means
the only luxury watch that makes these mistakes. Maybe next year
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