# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4Xq1IAsVXO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12827854-sothebyswatches-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-11T10:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Far from a standard Breguet La Tradition, this La Tradition Grand Complication impressively showcases classic and new technologies with a 50-hour fusee and chain power reserve, and a one-minute tourbillon with a titanium bridge and silicon overcoil hairspring. Each separate complication requires remarkable skill and patience to manufacture. The fusee chain is a traditional technique that has been used in pocket watches since the 19th century. When wound, the conical-shaped fusee barrel is wrapped with a miniature chain, which then creates a constant and smooth power output from the barrel as energy is released. 

By making the movement capable of running for 50 hours and regulating the torque, Breguet’s master watchmakers have managed to successfully miniaturize and modernize this traditional complication. Discover this and more from the Fine Watches sale at #SothebysNewYork before bidding closes 12 February at 10:00am ET. Link in bio. #SothebysWatches #Breguet

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