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'''Breguet''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁeɡɛ}}) is a [[Swiss watch|Swiss]] [[Luxury good|luxury]] [[watch]], [[clock]] and jewelry manufacturer founded by [[Abraham-Louis Breguet]] in [[Paris]] in 1775.<ref name=":19" /> Since 1999, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss [[the Swatch Group|Swatch Group]].<ref name=":4" /> Headquartered in [[L'Abbaye, Switzerland]], Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the [[tourbillon]], which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.breguet.com/en/history/inventions/tourbillon|title=Tourbillon {{!}} Breguet|website=www.breguet.com|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> Abraham Breguet also invented and produced the world's first [[self-winding watch]] (the ''Perpétuelle'') in 1780, as well as the world's first [[wristwatch]] in 1810 (the Breguet No.2639, for [[Caroline Bonaparte]], [[Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)|Queen of Naples]]).<ref name=":15">{{Cite web|url=https://museum.seiko.co.jp/en/knowledge/episode/episode_03/|title=Abraham-Louis Breguet {{!}} Timepiece Luminaries {{!}} THE SEIKO MUSEUM|website=museum.seiko.co.jp|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.breguet.com/en/history/inventions/self-winding|title=Self-winding {{!}} Breguet|website=www.breguet.com|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.breguet.com/en/history/inventions/first-wristwatch|title=First wristwatch {{!}} Breguet|website=www.breguet.com|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref>

Breguet is a highly regarded watch manufacturer.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hautehorlogerie.org/en/brands/brand/h/breguet/|title=Brand - Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie|website=www.hautehorlogerie.org|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/breguet-luxury-watches/breguet-in-films-and-literary-tributes/|title=Marking time: one watchmaker's literary tributes|date=2017-06-14|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-01-18|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/en/breguet-the-expression-of-being/|title=Breguet: the Expression of Being – FHH Journal|website=journal.hautehorlogerie.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-breguet-classique-chronometrie-7727|title=A Week On The Wrist: The Breguet Classique Chronométrie 7727|date=14 January 2016|first=Benjamin|last=Clymer|website=HODINKEE|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.luxury-insider.com/luxury-news/2012/06/breguet-ranked-most-prestigious-among-pentamillionaires|title=Breguet Ranked Most Prestigious Among Pentamillionaires|date=2012-06-06|website=Luxury Insider|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608224919/https://www.luxury-insider.com/luxury-news/2012/06/breguet-ranked-most-prestigious-among-pentamillionaires|url-status=dead}}</ref> Over the years, notable Breguet patrons and timepiece owners include Emperor of the French [[Napoléon]] Bonaparte, [[King George III]], [[Queen Victoria]], [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexandre I of Russia]], [[Ettore Bugatti]], [[Sir Winston Churchill]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], [[Gioachino Rossini]], [[Arthur Rubinstein]] and so on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.breguet.com/en/timeline/1824-1863/distinguished-patrons|title=Distinguished Patrons (1824 - 1863) Timeline {{!}} Breguet|website=www.breguet.com|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":17" /> The ''Breguet & Fils, Paris No. 2667 (1814)'' [[pocket watch]] is among the [[List of most expensive watches sold at auction|most expensive watches sold at auction]], fetching US$4.69 million (CHF 4,339,000) in Geneva in May 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.worldtempus.com/article/industry-news/business/christies-record-price-for-any-breguet-watch-12598.html|title=Christie's - Record Price For Any Breguet Watch - Business - WorldTempus|website=en.worldtempus.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christies.com/Important-Watches-23897.aspx|title=Important Watches|language=en|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> The ''Breguet Sympathique'' C''lock'' ''No.128 & 5009'' ''(Duc d'Orléans Breguet Sympathique)''), is currently the most expensive Breguet timepiece ever sold at auction, fetching US$6.8 million in New York in December 2012.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/important-watches-n08882/lot.124.html|title=The Duc d'Orléans Breguet Sympathique|website=Sotheby's|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2012/12/05/rare-breguet-clock-sell-for-record-6-8-million/|title=Rare Breguet Clock Sells For Record $6.8 Million|last=DeMarco|first=Anthony|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/breguet-clock-docking-pocket-watch-record-sothebys-new-york|title=Breguet Clock With Docking Pocket Watch Re-Sets Record For A Clock At Auction, Fetching $6.8 Million at Sotheby's New York|date=5 December 2012|website=Hodinkee|language=en|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>

[[File:GiovaneAbraham-Louis Breguet (young), painted portrait, circa 1800.jpg|thumb|Abraham-Louis Breguet|alt=|226x226px]]

*Classique: Simple, Grandes Complications – popular round pieces, usually with reeded casebands and soldered lugs;

**The Classique [[Tourbillon]] Extra-Flat, available in rose gold or platinum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Insider: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Flat ref. 5367|url=https://www.watchcollectinglifestyle.com/home/breguet-classique-tourbillon-extra-flat-ref-5367-review|access-date=2020-07-14|website=WATCH COLLECTING LIFESTYLE|language=en-US}}</ref>

|File:Breguet classique 9067-P4140420-black.jpg|Breguet classiqueClassique 9067 (hour and date indicator, golden bezel)

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