Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) was famous for the letters she wrote to her family and friends. Many of the messages written by the Queen, including the last one written on the morning of her execution, are stored in the National Archives and appear in the book by historian Evelyne Lever, Marie-Antoinette – Correspondance (1770-1793). In tribute to her love of writing, Breguet has unveiled a timepiece with a dazzling baguette and brilliant-cut diamond quill. It starts at the spherical diamond lug (at 6 o’ clock) and wraps its feathers around the bezel’s left-hand side. The mother-of-pearl dial is adorned with engraving reminiscent of a feather’s waves, a mother-of-pearl hour track with Arabic numerals and two blue open-tipped hands at 6 o’ clock. The time functions are brought to life by the self-winding 586/1 calibre in the oval white or rose gold case whose caseband is engraved with delicate feathers. Price: 136’000 CHF (pink gold) – 137’000 CHF (white gold)