Breguet Classique Souscription 2025: Celebrating 250 Years of Horological Purity

In 2025, Breguet celebrates an extraordinary milestone: 250 years since Abraham-Louis Breguet opened his Parisian workshop on Quai de l’Horloge. To honor this legacy, Breguet introduces the Classique Souscription 2025, a modern tribute to one of the maison’s most historically significant creations, the “Souscription” watches.

At the end of the 18th century, Abraham-Louis Breguet revolutionized the watchmaking business by offering timepieces via subscription. Clients would pay a deposit to order a watch, a radical system that enabled Breguet to finance his groundbreaking innovations while reaching a broader clientele. These “Souscription” watches were known for their simplicity, reliability, and elegant minimalism, values that the 2025 edition faithfully preserves.

The new Classique Souscription 2025 strips away the excesses of modern watchmaking, focusing instead on purity of design and mechanical poetry. At the center of the white grand feu enamel dial, a single flame-blued steel hand rotates slowly, displaying both hours and minutes. The effect is serene and hypnotic, an ode to an era when time was read at a glance rather than measured to the second.

The watch’s 40mm case, crafted from Breguet’s proprietary gold alloy, feels perfectly balanced on the wrist. Fluted casebands, straight welded lugs, and a domed sapphire crystal complete the classic aesthetic. Turn the watch over, and the sapphire caseback reveals the newly developed Caliber VS00, a hand-wound movement boasting an impressive 96-hour power reserve. Its decoration, the “Quai de l’Horloge” guilloché pattern, pays tribute to the flowing lines of the Seine river and the history-soaked streets of Paris where Breguet’s legend began.

Limited in production and available only through a subscription model (in the purest sense of the term), the Breguet Classique Souscription 2025 is not merely a watch. It is a bridge between centuries, a wearable piece of horological history, and a testament to craftsmanship that has stood the test of time.

Technical Details

• Model: Breguet Classique Souscription 2025

• Case Size: 40 mm

• Dial: White grand feu enamel with black Arabic numerals

• Movement: Caliber VS00 (manual winding)

• Power Reserve: 96 hours

• Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)

• Caseback: Sapphire crystal with “Quai de l’Horloge” guilloché decoration

• Water Resistance: 30 meters

• Strap: Leather strap with gold buckle

• Price: CHF 46,700 (approximate)