Blancpain and Breguet Unveil New Watches With Nod to Their Histories

This month Breguet and Blancpain, two luxury watch brands founded in the 18th century, launched their new offerings at events in Switzerland Classique GrandesComplications is a distinct Breguet collection with a classic aesthetic and watches that do more than just tell the time The Classique collection also includes two watches for women-one is white gold and one in rose gold; both have mother of pearl dials and 88 brilliant cut diamonds on the lugs and bezel.

In 1815, Breguet became the maker of sea-going clocks and watches for the French navy La Marine Dame watches are time only plus the date in either steel or rose gold Blancpain also gathers its watches into collections.

In 1953, Blancpain unveiled the Fifty Fathoms, a dive watch that would become the brand's most famous model. . Source