Zach Black Breguet is introducing a 250th anniversary release. The watch features a 37mm case on the brand’s new 18K Breguet Gold Alloy. Its blue, Grand Who and Flynke enamel subdials were the first to use the new Quai de L’Horloge motif.
Breguet is not known as a popular brand for novels, but 2025 is a particularly important year for brands celebrating its 250th anniversary. At the end of April, Breguet began his anniversary celebration with a new Classics Cryptody, inspired by pocket watches from the late 1790s. Within a month, I knew what the brand’s 250th anniversary release was.
The 7035 is by no means a new model, and was first introduced in 2016. Over the years, before it becomes clear that the collection niche is looking for watches of more classic sizes, the 37mm 7035 is often treated as a “female model” and adorns the stereotypical mirasi and mother of pride. Measure measurements of 37mm diameter and 12.6mm thick, Second de Rétrograde is performed in a way that allows most wrists to enjoy without feeling like they have to comply with gender norms.
This is the first time I’ve seen a traditional case with its grooved case band and welding lugs, running on the new 18K Breget Gold Alloy. With subtle, warm shades (it’s just as contradictory as it sounds), which have both the charm of an old school and a new school, the colder and bolder blue Grand Who enamel subdial really pops into the background. The subdial is hand guilloched as you would expect, but the pattern is new and brings the Quai de L’Horloge motif first seen on the dial on the Classics caseback.
With the blue dial, the Breguet hands are not made from Blue Steel, but instead forged to 18K Breguet Gold, like the case. The numbers on the hands, logos and Breguet look good in matching shades and seem easy to read, but some people may be hoping that the numbers will not be omitted at 4 o’clock on the limited edition watch (“No. 250”). On the left side of the subdial, what you’re looking at is not a power reserve indicator – considering other traditional designs, it’s easy to misunderstand it – instead, it’s actually a retrograde seconds hand that goes back to zero at the beginning of every minute.
The in-house 505SR movement, with a 50-hour power reserve, is also given a Breguet Gold Treatment with the caliber surface matching the case. Another subtle first is the brand’s decision to polish the top of the finger bridge on the right side of the automatic bridge. This usually remains frosted like the surrounding surface. I really enjoy this pivot as brushing creates new light dynamics and creates a better contrast that brightens under direct light and shows the mirror becomes darker on the edges of the polished vivel. It looks higher-end and modern without stripping away from its traditional charm.
While most brands don’t provide weight information in their press releases unless it’s on the headline side, Breguet reveals that the watch weighs around 52 grams of gold and has platinum of 2.2 grams from the rotor weight. This large-shaped rotor is not usually made of platinum, but is usually carried out with a black polish. Here we have a completely brushed finish. This is better suited to the newly brushed bridge in some respects, but it feels like a way to get away with the hassle.
As a watch brand, Breguet appears to be at a point similar to the looting of cliché films in which a beautiful woman suddenly wears her glasses and acts like everyone around her has experienced a major makeover. For 250 years, the brand has all the elements to become the world’s most famous watchmaker. But in the landscapes that collect mainly superficial watches, we all waited for the brand to take off their proverb glasses and drop their hair. Breguet, it needed a bit more hype without losing sight of what makes Breguet.
Use of colour, subtle tweaks in the finish – everything may look small (probably as small as taking off a pair of glasses), but it is clear that Breguet is hiding in advancing the needle and reaching a new height under the kissing ring of new CEO Gregory. The glasses are off and look forward to it given the atypical and fast cadence of the new release seen from Breguet.
The classic sousiprampription dates back to the beginning of Breguet, but with a welding rug the brand’s signature grooved case, only one hand was there to convey the time. In my opinion, the new tradition of second retrograd is a very powerful move. The 37mm diameter with the Breguet Gold Makeover as a new option is dare to be the best 7035.
Breguet Tradition Seconde Rétrograde7035BH/H2/9V6 Pricing and Availability
The Breguet Tradition Second Rétrograde 7035BH/H2/9V6 is now available as a limited edition of 250 units. Price: on request
Brand Breget Model Tradition Seconde Rétrograde Reference 7035BH/H2/9V6 Case Dimensions 37mm(D) x 12.6mm(T) Case Material 18K Breguet Gold Water Resistance 30m Crystal(S) Sapphire Front and Back Dial Blue, Grand Feu Enamel on Gold Sub-Dial Breguet Gold Buckle Movement 505SR, In-house, Automatic Power Reserve 50 Hours Function Time, Minutes, Reverse Seconds Available to Limit to 250 Pieces Prices on Request
