Breguet’s Latest Reine de Naples Watch Counts Minutes with a Beating Heart
- Breguet’s Reine de Naples Coeur edition (coeur is French for heart) uses a minute hand in the shape of a changing heart located off-center at 6 o’clock, with curves that gently expand and contract as it makes its way around the elongated oval dial to count the minutes. (See video below.)
- The minute hand is composed of two independent arms that twist via a set of gears, extending the heart at 12 o’clock and rounding at 6 o’clock. Equipped with an oval-shaped cam, the mechanism allows each of these arms to move at different speeds. This innovation, created exclusively for the Reine de Naples, is protected by four patents.
- The heart-shaped minute hand moves over a sapphire-crystal dial, lacquered in white; its tip, marked by a subtle red heart, indicates the minutes on the hours chapter, punctuated by tiny hearts every five minutes.
- The sapphire-crystal case back of the rose-gold case reveals the movement of the caliber, the 78A0.
- The Reine de Naples Coeur edition features an oval case in 18-karat rose gold and a bezel and dial flange set with 128 diamonds, plus a red alligator-leather strap with triple-folding buckle set with 28 diamonds.
- This model, reserved for brand boutiques, is presented in an envelope clutch bag finished in grained calfskin leather and dyed vermilion red to match the strap of the Reine de Naples Coeur.
- The watch is limited to only 28 examples, each priced at $46,100.
