Breguet is enhanced by advanced technologies and inspired by the world of culture. The collection unveiled this year at Basel 2009 certainly adheres to these criteria.
If one single timepiece can be said to embody watchmaking's relentless quest for mechanical perfection, it is the Double Tourbillon Technique by Greubel Forsey. "This isn't a skeleton model but a three-dimensional watch that draws the eye deep into the movement," Stephen Forsey is at pains to point out.
After the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie set the ball rolling, Baselworld followed suit with fewer new models and grandes complications thin on the ground as exhibitors instead showcased their mechanical expertise.