1815year Abraham-Louis Breguet became Horloger de la Marine
1990launch of the first Marine wristwatches
24.5 mmlug width of the Marine Chronographe 5527
55 hourspower reserve of calibre 777A in the 5517
- 1815 to 1989
Watchmaker to the French Navy
In 1815 Louis XVIII appointed Abraham-Louis Breguet Horloger de la Marine, a title only one watchmaker could hold. Breguet and his son supplied precision marine clocks to the French fleet, with double barrels and detent escapements.
- 1990 to 2004
Hysek's sporty Breguet
Breguet launched the first Marine wristwatches in 1990. Jorg Hysek gave the classical Breguet a fatter case, a more substantial bezel, a torpedo-shaped crown and crown guards, while keeping the silvered guilloche dial and Breguet hands. A world time and a chronograph followed.
- 2017 to 2018
A new generation in titanium
The Marine Equation Marchante 5887 opened a new era in 2017. In 2018 the 5517 and 5527 followed in titanium, white gold and rose gold, with a single central lug, luminous Roman numerals and a maritime signal flag B on the seconds hand.
- 2019 to today
Integrated bracelets arrive
Titanium bracelets with proprietary lugs came in 2019 for the 5517, 5527 and 5547, and white and rose gold bracelets followed in 2020. Breguet also joined the Race for Water Foundation in support of its Odyssey and made a special 5517 for the crew.