JUST FOR HER
BREGUET ’ S BEATING HEART
reguet enhances the technicality of its annual ode to Valentine ’ s Day with a new invention that mimics a beating
B heart . The luxury watchmaker ’ s 2021 Reine de Naples watch features a minute hand in the shape of a heart that slowly expands or contracts as it makes its way around the elongated oval dial .
The hand on this Breguet Reine de Naples Cœur ( Heart ) edition is centered at the 6 o ’ clock position . Mimicking a beating heart , the hand stretches as it moves across the top half of the dial and becomes more rounded as the hand reaches the lower part of the dial .
To propel the unusual minute hand , Breguet devised an ovalshaped cam ( shaped to mirror the case ) located under the dial . The cam controls two independent arms that together make up the hand . Each rotating arm moves at a different speed , creating the illusion of a beating heart .
A red heart-tipped hour hand points to minutes along the hour indicators , which are set with small hearts every five minutes . The watch dial itself is sapphire and finished with translucent white lacquer . The hour is indicated by a dot of purple lacquer within a window just above the minute hand .
Breguet enhances the romance here with a generous use of rose gold for the 36.5mm by 28.45mm oval case and sets diamonds along the bezel and again around the dial just beneath the crystal . The sapphire-crystal caseback allows a view of the beautifully decorated new automatic caliber 78A0 . The movement features an in-line escapement with a silicon escape wheel and balance spring .
The brand notes that the Reine de Naples , one of the brand ’ s most successful collections , is inspired by Breguet model no . 2639 made in 1810 for Caroline Murat , Queen of Naples , who commissioned it .
Breguet will make twenty-eight Reine de Naples Coeur watches and will offer them at its own brand boutiques . Look for each watch to be presented in an envelope clutch bag finished in grained calfskin leather and dyed vermilion red to match the strap . Price : $ 46,100 .
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