Breguet has presented new versions of the Marine 5517 and Marine Chronographe 5527, combining the collection’s contemporary nautical design with hand-guilloché dials in the “Quai de l’Horloge” pattern.
The new references also reposition the date at 6 o’clock, while retaining the collection’s three-hand and flyback chronograph configurations.
The Marine collection draws on an important chapter in Breguet’s history. From the late eighteenth century, Abraham-Louis Breguet developed timepieces as scientific instruments, with precision, reliability and legibility suited to navigation.
In 1815, following his admission to the Bureau des Longitudes the previous year, Louis XVIII appointed him Watchmaker to the French Royal Navy.
His marine chronometers subsequently accompanied navigators and explorers, including Louis Le Goarant de Tromelin, whose Pacific expeditions were accompanied by Breguet No. 3502, and Hyacinthe de Bougainville, who travelled around the world with No. 3588 between 1824 and 1826. In 1840, a Breguet instrument also accompanied Jules Dumont d’Urville to Antarctica.
The contemporary Marine collection translates this maritime heritage into a modern design language centred on robustness, performance and navigation-inspired details.
In the new Marine 5517, the three-hand display is paired with a date at 6 o’clock, creating a more symmetrical dial layout.
The 5517 dials are executed in 18-carat gold and feature hand-guilloché decoration in Breguet’s “Quai de l’Horloge” pattern.
Introduced in the Classique Souscription for the Maison’s 250th anniversary, the motif takes its name from the address on the Île de la Cité where Abraham-Louis Breguet established his workshop and where marine chronometers were produced. Its design draws on the contours of the Île de la Cité and Île Saint-Louis while also suggesting the movement of waves.
The guilloché is applied to the gold dial before the surface is treated and lacquered, producing different colours according to the version.
The white-gold model has an ice-blue dial, the rose-gold version is presented in black, while the titanium model uses a blue gradient.
Each dial is completed by a gold Breguet appliqué at 12 o’clock and Breguet Arabic numerals on the hour ring.
The hour and minute hands retain the Maison’s characteristic form, while the seconds hand incorporates a “B” shape, referencing the “Bravo” maritime flag. The crown guard is shaped to evoke the movement of waves.
The Marine 5517 measures 40 mm in diameter, 47.7 mm from lug to lug and 11.5 mm thick. The case is available in 18-carat white gold, 18-carat rose gold or titanium and features a fluted middle case, screw-down crown and sapphire crystals on both sides.
The front crystal has double-sided anti-reflective treatment, while the case-back crystal has a single anti-reflective treatment. Water resistance is rated at 10 bar, equivalent to 100 metres.
Powering the Marine 5517 is Breguet Calibre 777A, a self-winding movement measuring 33 mm in diameter and 4.3 mm thick. Numbered and signed by Breguet, it comprises 235 components and 26 jewels and operates at 28,800 vibrations per hour, or 4 Hz.
The movement provides a 55-hour power reserve and uses a silicon balance spring and silicon escape wheel. Visible through the sapphire case back, its gold oscillating weight is shaped with lines inspired by a ship’s rudder and combines several finishing techniques.
The Marine 5517 can be fitted with a rubber strap decorated with a motif echoing the “Quai de l’Horloge” guilloché or with a matching metal bracelet.
The white-gold version is available with either an ice-blue dial and rubber strap or an 18-carat white-gold bracelet. The rose-gold model combines its black dial with either a rubber strap or an 18-carat rose-gold bracelet, while the titanium version has a blue-gradient dial and is offered with either a rubber or titanium bracelet.
The Marine Chronographe 5527 takes the same dial and case language into a larger chronograph format. Measuring 42.3 mm in diameter, 50.7 mm from lug to lug and 13.9 mm thick, it is available in 18-carat white gold, 18-carat rose gold or titanium.
As with the 5517, the case has a fluted middle, a screw-down crown, sapphire crystals on both sides and 10-bar water resistance.
The 5527 uses a flyback chronograph configuration, with a large central seconds hand and two sub-dials positioned at 3 and 9 o’clock.
The 3 o’clock counter displays chronograph minutes, while the 9 o’clock counter shows the small seconds. The date is positioned at 6 o’clock, maintaining the balanced arrangement of the dial.
The 18-carat gold dials feature the same hand-guilloché “Quai de l’Horloge” pattern as the 5517, with blue gradient treatments on the white-gold and rose-gold versions and a grey gradient on the titanium model.
Breguet Arabic numerals are displayed on the hour ring, while the gold appliqué at 12 o’clock and the hands are matched to the treatment of each version. The central chronograph hand again incorporates the “B” motif associated with the “Bravo” maritime flag.
Inside the Marine Chronographe 5527 is Breguet Calibre 582QA, a self-winding flyback chronograph movement measuring 30 mm in diameter and 6.5 mm thick.
The calibre contains 343 components and 28 jewels and operates at 28,800 vibrations per hour, or 4 Hz.
It provides a 48-hour power reserve and incorporates a silicon balance spring and silicon inverted anchor. The movement is numbered and signed by Breguet and is visible through the sapphire case back, where its gold oscillating weight follows the rudder-inspired design used for the Marine 5517.
The Breguet Marine 5517 is priced at €44,000 on a rubber strap in white or rose gold and €23,800 in titanium. The corresponding metal-bracelet versions retail at €72,300 in white or rose gold and €27,000 in titanium.
The Breguet Marine Chronographe 5527 retails at €53,600 on a rubber strap in white or rose gold and €29,800 in titanium, while the versions on matching metal bracelets are priced at €84,600 in white or rose gold and €33,000 in titanium. breguet.com
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