Art in its essence! Breguet’s new 3797 model brings together technical performance and design prowess. Its manual winding mechanical movement is equipped with a tourbillon and features off-centre hour and minute functions, small second on the tourbillon at 6 o’ clock and a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date at 12 o’ clock, day counter at 9 o’ clock, month and leap year counter at 3 o’ clock. But Breguet’s genius really shines in how this information is laid out. The watchmaker plays on depth and has chosen to push the hour track into the foreground, a ring of opaque sapphire crystal punctuated by Roman numerals. The handmade guilloche then grabs your attention: “clou de Paris” for the date, “wave” guilloché for the days and “sunburst” guilloché for the months. The piece is available in rose gold, platinum and also in a skeleton dial version. Price: 161’000 (rose gold) – 175’000 (platinum)