Introducing: Breguet Quietly Launches The Impressive Ref. 7365 Minute Repeater And Classique Grande Sonnerie Métiers d'Art 1905 Pocket Watch

What We Know

It was pretty widely known that, going into December 2025, Breguet wasn’t done with their 250th Anniversary celebrations. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, but Breguet is on a tear this year, and while I was in Paris to see their final launch, they surprised us with two new releases the night before their big reveal. An amuse-bouche of sorts, but an incredibly impressive one at that, Breguet has launched two chiming watches that are really quite fascinating. First is the new ref. 7365 minute repeater in a 39.1mm by 10.8mm 18k “Breguet gold” case with blue grande feu enamel dial with secret signature and applied “Breguet” numerals in matching gold.

The compact frame of the case features their new classique case style with longer, downturned, and more tapered lugs, and the case features the Quai de l’Horloge used on their 250th anniversary pieces, and has 30m of water resistance. Inside is the new manually wound caliber 1896, which replaces the caliber 567.2, as that movement is being phased out. More than just the same caliber redone in gold, the team told me that over 35% of the caliber is new, including the new silicon escapement. The gongs are in white gold, gilded with Breguet gold, and directly attached to the case. 

The movement has a three-finger bridge design, and the bridges are hand-engraved with a Paris-inspired motif. More importantly, the watch has a 75-hour power reserve and a new upgraded 3Hz frequency. The watch is also now certified as +/- 2 seconds a day in accuracy, with the new Breguet Hallmark. In practice, it felt like the minutes chimed faster, but this was just how the model was tuned and was within spec (not related to the 20% increase in frequency).

Even more unexpected, though incredibly impressive and captivating, was the announcement of the new Classique Grande Sonnerie Métiers d’Art ref. 1905 pocket watch. This is a grande et petite sonnerie with minute repeater, regulated by a one-minute tourbillon, visible with its PVD-blued bridge and hammers visible, in this case, against the Quai de l’Horloge guilloché regulator-style dial with grande feu white enamel dial with petit feu black enamel numerals for the hours and name, along with secret signature. The entire watch is cased in 18k Breguet gold, as with all the other anniversary releases, and the watch measures 56.5 by 23.5mm and weighs about 400 grams.

The caliber here is fantastic, the new Caliber 508GS. It starts with plates and bridges in rhodium-plated brass, with a rhodium-plated 18k Breguet gold striking barrel bridge, hand-guilloché with the “Petit Trianon” motif, and an identification plate in 18k Breguet gold. The watch winds in two directions: one for the timing caliber, the other for the grande et petite sonnerie, while a button engages time-setting. The watch has three modes: grande (chimes the hours and quarters), petite (chimes only the hours), and silent. The regulator is a one-minute tourbillon running at 2.5Hz, with a variable-inertia balance and a Breguet terminal curve hairspring in blued steel, and a Swiss lever escapement with 15 teeth.

The kicker here is the timing regulator for the chimes. Here, Breguet has used a magnetic regulator for the tempo of the sonnerie functions, ensuring consistency of timing. Rotating arms sit between networks of magnets on each side of the regulator. As the arms rotate, they create current loops, like the Foucault currents discovered in 1851. The current opposes the magnetic field of the network of magnets, creating an electromagnetic brake that balances the system at a set speed.

The sample I was shown featured a movement and a case decorated more in line with the 250th anniversary style, with a guilloché case front covered in enamel, a Breguet “B” in the center, as seen above, plus a beautifully rendered enamel scene on the reverse. The movement used a mix of hand-finishing techniques that were more colorful and three-dimensional. 

But as you see below, the base movement is also shown as a traditional Côtes de Genève-style finishing treatment. That’s because this is a Métiers d’Art piece for the brand, available only on request and application and in very limited production, but also on consultation with the brand, which can collaborate on finishing across the board.

Oh, the final point worth mentioning: The box for the pocket watch is made partially of oak from Marie-Antoinette’s favorite oak tree, planted in 1681 at the Palace of Versailles, felled in 2005 after it died in a storm in 1999, as well as Marquetry French Pavilion and parquet flooring from the Palace of Versailles.

The pocket watch, with all its complexity, is not going to be produced in more than a handful of pieces per year, and the price is on request (no base price was shared). The ref. 7365 minute repeater is limited to 25 pieces for the 250th anniversary and is priced at $369,600.

What We Think

If these were the only releases Breguet had to cap off 2025, they would have already walked away with an enviable slate of releases that have really helped the brand get back in the conversation among collectors in a big way. Their pieces have spanned the spectrum, with chronographs, tourbillons, special escapements, and more. Oh yeah, and they walked away with a GPHG Aiguille d’Or with one hand tied behind their back (or at least, not on the dial). So two new chiming watches seem a perfect way to round out the collection.

Even in a busy boutique at the brand’s famed Place Vendôme location (not far from where the brand was founded), the ref. 7365 sounded quite lovely. As I write this, I will reserve final judgment until I see and photograph the watch again in quieter circumstances. The case wears quite well, and the 39 by 10.8mm is slightly smaller but slightly thicker than Patek’s ref. 5178G, which has a micro-rotor movement with Cathedral gongs (but costs about $300,000 more). All in all, it feels like a lot of value (as much as any $400,000 could be) and looks gorgeous.

But holy cow, that pocket watch. This is where Breguet really made its mark across its various iterations and ownerships. Some of the most interesting pocket watches of the early-to-mid 20th Century were extraordinary pieces made by Breguet for special collectors. To go through the year without acknowledging that part of its history wouldn’t have been surprising for a modern market, but it would have been a bit disappointing. This floored me in person and, again, it’s the kind of watch worth talking about further, especially for the technicality shown. So we’ll talk more about this in a future story, you can be sure.

The Basics

Brand: Breguet
Model: Reference 7365 Minute Repeater and Reference 1905 Classique Grande Sonnerie Métiers d’Art
Reference Number: 7365BH/2Y/986 and 1905BH/2H

Diameter: 39mm (wristwatch); 56.5mm (pocket watch)
Thickness: 10.8mm (wristwatch); 23.5mm (pocket watch)
Case Material: 18k Breguet gold
Dial Color: Blue Grand Feu enamel with secret signature; Enamel and gulloché on Breguet gold (as the example option)
Indexes: Applied Breguet gold “Breguet” numerals (wristwatch); Enameled “Breguet” numerals
Lume: None
Water Resistance: 30m (wristwatch); None (pocket watch)
Strap/Bracelet: Alligator with Breguet gold three-blade deployant clasp (wristwatch); Breguet gold watch chain (pocket watch)

The Movement

Caliber: Movement 1896 (wristwatch)
Functions: Hours, minutes, minute repeater (wristwatch); Hours, central minutes, tourbillon, minute repeater, Grande et Petite Sonnerie (pocket watch)
Power Reserve: 75 hours (wristwatch); 56 hours or 36 in Grande Sonnerie mode
Winding: Manual
Frequency: 3Hz (wristwatch); 2.5 Hz (pocket watch) with magnetic chime regulator
Jewels: 30 (wristwatch), 43 (pocket watch)
Chronometer Certified: No, but Breguet Hallmark accuracy (+/- 2 seconds) for the wristwatch)
Additional Details: Wristwatch delivered with a specialized resonator box. The box for the pocket watch is made partially of oak from Marie-Antoinette’s favorite oak tree, planted in 1681 at the Palace of Versailles, felled in 2005 after it died in a storm in 1999, as well as Marquetry French Pavilion and parquet flooring from the Palace of Versailles.

Pricing & Availability

Price: $369,600 (wristwatch); Price on request (pocket watch)
Availability: Now, at select boutiques
Limited Edition: Limited edition of 25 pieces for the wrist watch; Metier d’Art bespoke piece with approximately 2-3 pieces possible yearly

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