Breguet Classique Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar

In the world of luxury watches, there’s no doubt that there’s often a tug of war between price and complication. The more sophisticated, intricate, and elaborate a movement is, the higher up the monetary ladder a watch will climb. Only the most respected high-horology names even venture to attempt the most complicated movements.

Today’s watch is an anomaly in this convention. No, this piece isn’t made by a little-known boutique manufacturer— it’s made by Breguet, one of the most revered brands in horological history. No, this piece isn’t a simple time-only dress watch—- it’s a tourbillon and a perpetual calendar executed in a single slim package. And yet, this watch trades for less than many watches that feature just one of the aforementioned complications. This watch is one of the rare exceptions, not because it’s inexpensive, but because it represents the marriage of two of the greatest complications and trades at a fraction of the cost for every bit as much watch.

The Breguet Classique Reference 3757 is everything you could possibly want in the ultimate high horology everyday masterpiece. It’s slim and wearable; it features a breathtaking guilloché dial executed consistent with tradition by hand on a rose lathe; it has both perpetual calendar and tourbillon functionality; the caseback features extensive hand engraving across the movement baseplate; let’s face it— it’s a pretty frickin’ incredible watch.

With sapphire crystals front and back, this watch is an exercise in both aesthetic and mechanical refinement, and it is the type of piece that you will want in your collection and never sell.

If you truly like all that is fine dress watches — as well as all the accoutrements of a perpetual calendar and a tourbillon — than it’s pretty hard to imagine you disliking this watch.