Breguet

I read the following on http://timeuhren.free.fr/breguetfr.htm : 1926 : Brevet de la montre sans aiguille ? cadran tournant et heures sautantes dans un guichet and was wondering wether anyone had a picture of any producted watch of this kind. I am also wo... 

I am very surprised at the date of the patent since I had thought that Abraham Louis Breguet had created wrist watches with this feature during his lifetime. The Calabrese model uses the same indications with an apperture with the hours that is used to in...  

. . .is that scanned piece a breguet or what??? thank you for beeing so quick. Anyone with more info/images on this kind of way of showing time feel free to post!

Hi, Nic, The Wandering Hour design is one that has become closely identified with Breguet, even though the specimen usually used in watch compendiums to represent Breguet is from the early 20th C, well after Mr. A.L. Breguet has been long gone. The pictur... 

you confirm this ?

due to the raised lines that form the arrow culminating in the hour window. From the arrow, the minutes can be "felt" - either to "discreetly" tell the time, or for the vision impaired. The hour was not "tactile" though... Regards, TM

Svend Andersen,Co-founder of AHCI,has produced a limited edition wristwatch of 30 pieces called"La Montre a Tact" (the tactful watch)which is his interpretation of the "telling of time in the elegant Parisian society of the late 18th.century".This watch m...