Breguet Celebrates 250 Years with Reine de Naples in Dazzling New Gold Editions

To mark the 250th anniversary of the Manufacture Breguet, the Reine de Naples collection has been expanded with new models bearing references 9935 and 8925. The former features a new movement, an original display and numerous exclusive aesthetic enhancements. The latter has a new face and an all-gold bracelet.

The Two New Faces of the Reine de Naples

Each of these references is adorned with Breguet gold for the first time. These versatile timepieces, conceived as jewels, become the ideal companion for every moment — throughout the day and across all activities.

The Reine de Naples collection was inspired by the timepieces created between 1810 and 1812 for the Emperor Napoleon I’s sister, Caroline Murat, who later became Queen of Naples, a collector of numerous Breguet creations. While the original design of the watch no longer exists, the register from the Quai de l’Horloge workshops provides us with information on two fundamental elements.

Firstly, its oblong shape that motivated the contemporary collection. Secondly, that it was specifically a wristwatch, making it probably the first ever designed as such in the history of watchmaking.

In doing so, Breguet reaffirms its historic bond with a female clientele. Since its very beginnings, the Maison has created timepieces for women — from the first wristwatch to the legendary “Marie-Antoinette” pocket watch, regarded for nearly a century as the most complicated in the world.

Faithful to this heritage and ever attentive to the wishes of its clients, Breguet now enriches this emblematic line with a new bracelet, created for the latest anniversary References 8925 and 9935.

Reine de Naples 9935, the New Face of Femininity in Watchmaking

The Reine de Naples 9935 is the first 100% feminine model unveiled as part of Manufacture Breguet’s 250th anniversary. Each timepiece will be engraved with a special inscription for the occasion, and the four 9935 variants are now part of the current collection. To bring them to life, Breguet drew inspiration from the case of an existing model, fitting it with a reworked movement featuring a new, larger moon phase. The result is renewed horological purity.

For the first time in the Reine de Naples collection, the moon phase model no longer has a power-reserve indicator. The display focuses on the hours and minutes, the small seconds and the moon phase.

Without the power-reserve indicator, the moon-phase display has been significantly enlarged. Six pear-shaped diamonds are set between the applied Breguet Arabic numerals in gold – a first for a Reine de Naples watch.

On the back, the exclusive nature of the line is reinforced by the words “BREGUET 250 YEARS” engraved on the sapphire crystal, revealing an oscillating weight in 950 platinum adorned with a delicate Breguet gilding. For the first time, it is adorned with a hand-guilloché “Petit Trianon” motif specially created for this line. The caseback also features the hand-guilloché “Quai de l’Horloge” motif, expressed in a circular version around the crystal opening.

Many Dials, One Shared Spirit

To enhance this new layout, Manufacture Breguet has designed no fewer than three dials for its Reference 9935. The most notable consists of a Breguet gold case with a two-level dial.

The upper level visible at first glance is made of aventurine glass. The well-known story behind the creation of this precious glass is that it was invented by a member of a historical family of Murano glassmakers who accidentally dropped a few copper crystals into his glass while it was being fired.

Its name in fact comes from the Italian “a ventura”, literally meaning “by chance”, in reference to the way it was created. The resplendent result is always random and therefore unique. In the version offered today by Breguet, it is treated in blue. Adding depth to its natural brilliance, beneath the glass, the Manufacture has placed a thin plate of Tahitian mother-of-pearl distinguished by its natural iridescence, thus offering a play of lights that shifts throughout the day, like the aurora borealis.

The first Reine de Naples in Breguet gold, the case of reference 9935 features a round central lug at 6 o’clock, snow-set with diamonds, whose geometry inspired the central links of the new bracelet.

The latter draws on the oblong case — so characteristic of the Reine de Naples — as well as on the pearls beloved of Caroline Murat, thus ensuring aesthetic continuity. Supple and fluid, this new bracelet can be adjusted to the nearest millimeter in any Breguet boutique and is fitted with an exclusive, invisible clasp seamlessly integrated into the design.

Two versions feature this new bracelet: the first with a white mother-of-pearl dial, the second entirely paved with diamonds (1,387 diamonds and 1 blue sapphire totalling 5.2 carats). The blue aventurine glass variation is fitted with a blue satin-effect alligator leather strap. The version with the white mother-of-pearl dial is also available on this same strap.

Reine de Naples 8925signature minimalism

In the late 18th century, Abraham-Louis Breguet laid the foundations for an aesthetic vocabulary focused on clarity and legibility. Reference 8925 pays tribute to him with a self-winding timepiece displaying the hours and minutes. The bezel setting has been densified, increasing from 37 to 41 diamonds, further enhancing the collection’s jewellery value. This model is exclusively paired with a gold Breguet bracelet articulated at the round central case lug, adorned with snow-setting for the first time. To enliven the new 8925 references, Breguet offers three complementary faces. The first boasts a bold clarity in extra-white motherof-pearl. Its offset chapter ring is punctuated by gold Breguet Arabic numerals on a circular “Quai de l’Horloge” guilloché background.

The second model features a unique expression of Breguet gold, which is omnipresent on almost the entire watch: the bracelet, the fluted case and the finely guilloché chapter ring, offset on a sunburst-brushed dial.

The third and final reference, by contrast, plays on contrast. Its finely guilloché gold hour ring is coated in glossy black lacquer, while the upper part of the dial is adorned with shimmering black aventurine.