Breguet Marine Automatic 3400BA Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com As a supplier to the French Navy between 1815 and the 1970s, Breguet is a seafaring marque: this 18-karat yellow gold Breguet Marine Automatic 3400BA pays tribute to the manufacture’s heritage on the rolling waves among men-in-arms. The Breguet Marine 3400BA unifies the company’s heritage as a luxury benchmark and its history as a significant military contractor on par with Officine Panerai, Rolex, and IWC. Without sacrificing traditional Breguet traits of restrained detail and classical lines, the Breguet Marine offers sports watch-levels of versatility and dress watch prowess when paired with formal attire. Tradition figures with prominence: a silvered dial with hand-guided guilloche and bold black Roman numerals lies below three traditional "Breguet" hands (even *parts* of watches are named for The Man behind the brand). The Breguet Marine case incorporates essential Breguet design features including welded lugs, secure screw-fixed strap bars, and cold-rolled coining. The last feature is both expensive and time-consuming to apply, especially given the amount of hand-finishing that follows the initial cold-roll. But the gleaming and perfectly-formed result is worth the trouble. Inside the Breguet Marine beats a Breguet caliber 549; it's an immaculately finished movement from manufacture par excellence Jaeger-LeCoultre of Le Sentier. As an historic supplier of premium movements to the likes of Breguet, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Aud