In 2025, on the occasion of its 250th anniversary, the Manufacture Breguet presents a creation that marks a new stage in the history of chronometry: the Classique 7225. An extraordinary timepiece that combines the aesthetic purity of the Breguet language with an avant-garde movement capable of “defying” the laws of physics and the very concept of precision.
The new Breguet Classique 7255
With its high-frequency (10 Hz) escapement and innovative balance wheel with magnetic pivot, this model projects into the future a tradition rooted in the ingenuity of Abraham-Louis Breguet, the pioneer of time measurement!
The conquest of precision
Since the early 19th century, A.-L. Breguet had sensed that the empirical pursuit of precision is not the result of a single approach, but is the sum of the harmonious interaction of several technical solutions. Tourbillon, constant force, experimental escapements: each invention represented an achievement toward overcoming the limits of mechanics.
The Classique 7225 takes up this legacy, updating it thanks to two centuries of research and the technological maturity achieved by the Manufacture. The goal remains stoically the same: to confront magnetism and reach, with high frequency, the pinnacle of precision.
Today, absolute mastery of manufacturing processes, quality materials and management of lubrication and finishing enable Breguet to meet the challenge of precision by radically new means. The result is a watch capable of a certified chronometric stability of +/- 1 second per day, a threshold that few mechanical movements in the world can boast.
The magnetic pivot
Inside the 74SC caliber of the Classique 7225 pulses one of the boldest inventions in modern watchmaking: the magnetic pivot. Patented in 2010, this system transforms magnetism, the historic enemy of mechanics, into an ally of precision.
Two micro-magnets positioned at the ends of the balance axis generate a controlled magnetic field that stabilizes the pivot, almost completely canceling out friction and the influence of gravity. In the event of a collision, the magnetic forces act as a self-restoring system, immediately centering the axis.
The patent of the magnetic pivot in 2010 and its application in the Classique 7225
The result is a balance wheel that rotates perfectly symmetrically in all six positions of the watch, ensuring constant performance. A principle already proven in the Classique Chronométrie 7727, winner of the “Aiguille d’Or” at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2014, and now reinterpreted with an even more majestic vision.
Reference 1176 as muse
The design of the Classique 7225 draws inspiration from an 1809 masterpiece, the Reference 1176, one of the very first watches equipped with a tourbillon and constant-force escapement. This timepiece, belonging to a series of five pocket watches created by A.-L. Breguet for his most illustrious clients (including King George III of England), is today kept at the Breguet Museum in Paris.
The Breguet 1176
In reinterpreting it, the Manufacture has chosen to preserve its original codes while infusing it with a new vitality on both the technical and stylistic fronts.
The 18-karat Breguet gold dial features the famous “Quai de l’Horloge” guilloché pattern, handcrafted in 30 divisions, with central hours and minutes, a fan-shaped power reserve at 6 o’clock (35 hours at the time, 60 hours today), and two small subsidiary seconds dials with “flinqué” guilloché pattern at 2 and 10 o’clock.
This last detail, already devised by Breguet in 1820, introduces the return-to-flight function, a forerunner of the modern chronograph: a system that allows the hand at 10 o’clock to be reset to zero without interrupting the movement.
An unprecedented visual experience
If the Classique 7225 excels in precision, it doesn’t forgot the allure of visual wonder. Through the sapphire crystal case back of Breguet’s 41 mm gold case, one admires a never-before-seen animation: an escapement wheel that, oscillating at 10 Hz, alternates between the inscriptions “1775” and “2025” in an elegant “morphing” effect.
A poetic tribute to the brand’s history, inviting reflection on the dialogue between past and future, between art and science, between human gesture and the invisible motion of time.
The Breguet Hallmark
Each Classique 7225 is engraved with the Breguet Hallmark, a new certification introduced to attest to the technical, aesthetic and ethical excellence of the Manufacture.
This seal is based on three pillars: component quality, performance, and ethical responsibility. Each watch undergoes individual inspections including tests for accuracy, magnetic resistance, and water resistance, with standards up to ten times stricter than the NIHS 90-10 standard.
The Hallmark also guarantees that each timepiece is entirely made in Switzerland and that each production step meets sustainability and traceability criteria, thus ensuring repairability and lifelong preservation.
Tradition and innovation in perfect balance
The Breguet Classique 7225 will be sold with special edition 250 red leather box, individually numbered and inspired by the Moroccan red leather Breguet boxes of the period. And the retail price is €89,200.
With the Classique 7225, Breguet celebrates an anniversary and reaffirms its identity: that of a brand that continues to push the boundaries of mechanics while remaining true to its DNA and origins. Every single detail, testifies to the ambition of combining art, science and craftsmanship.
At a time when precision is taken for granted, Breguet reminds us that mechanical perfection still exists and remains a human achievement! fragile, measured, and for that reason extraordinarily fascinating.
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