News Beginning of October, Breguet invited its clients, friends and privileged partners to celebrate a double anniversary: that of the first ever wristwatch, and that of its «Reine de Naples» watch collection. Breguet played host to this exceptional event of considerable international importance in the heart of the Bay of Naples, an enchanting region that is rich with history.
On 21 December 1812, Abraham-Louis Breguet put the finishing touches to an extraordinary timepiece, commissioned from him in 1810 by a woman of equally remarkable character, Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. A fervent admirer of Breguet watch creations, Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger sister was in the habit of making regular purchases from her favourite watchmaker. In fact she ordered a total of no less than 34 watches and clocks from A.-L. Breguet, including the first ever wristwatch in the history of horology. As a tribute to this, the most innovative timepiece of its day, and in memory of the woman who commissioned it, in 2002 Breguet launched an exclusively feminine collection that took its inspiration from the original watch first ordered by the Queen of Naples, and officially recorded as Watch No. 2639.
200 years after the delivery of the first wristwatch and ten years after the launching of its «Reine de Naples» Collection, Breguet retraces the steps of Caroline Murat, without whose true passion for watches the emblematic first wristwatch in history might never have been created.
As one of the most prominent events on the programme for this unprecedented double celebration, Breguet offered its guests a visit to the Reggia di Capodimonte and its Palazzo Reale, where Caroline Murat had her personal apartments. In addition, Marc A. Hayek, President and CEO of Breguet, gave a world preview of the exclusive creations that have been specially conceived for the event.
October 09, 2012
