Jewels of Time: Breguet Reveals Latest Reine de Naples Creations

To mark the 250th anniversary of Manufacture Breguet, the Reine de Naples collection welcomes two exceptional additions: references 9935 and 8925. Reference 9935 features a newly developed movement, an original display, and a host of exclusive aesthetic enhancements. Reference 8925 reveals a fresh dial design paired with a full gold bracelet. Notably, both models feature Breguet gold for the first time — a tribute to the Maison’s enduring legacy. Designed as wearable jewels, these versatile timepieces transition effortlessly from day to evening, elevating every moment with grace and distinction.

A Royal Legacy

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The Reine de Naples collection draws inspiration from the timepieces crafted between 1810 and 1812 for Caroline Murat, sister to Emperor Napoleon I and Queen of Naples. A devoted patron of Breguet, she commissioned numerous creations from the Maison. Although the original design has not survived, records from the Quai de l’Horloge workshops reveal two defining characteristics: an oblong case shape that informs the modern collection and its distinction as a wristwatch, likely the first ever conceived as such in the history of horology.

With this legacy, Breguet reaffirms its enduring connection to 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

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Reine de Naples 9935 is the first feminine model unveiled as part of Breguet’s 250th anniversary. Each timepiece will be engraved with a special inscription for the occasion; the four 9935 variants are now part of the current collection. To bring them to life, the brand drew inspiration from the case of an existing model, fitting it with a reworked movement featuring a new, larger moonphase. The result is an innovative take on traditional horology.

For the first time in the Reine de Naples collection, the moonphase model no longer has a power-reserve indicator. The display focuses on the hours and minutes, the small seconds, and the moonphase. Without the power-reserve indicator, the moonphase 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.

To enhance this new layout, Breguet has designed three dials for Reference 9935. The most notable one consists of a Breguet gold case with a two-level dial. The upper level visible at first glance is made of aventurine glass. 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.

This original feature, combined with the blue of the aventurine glass speckled with copper, lends the Reine de Naples a delightfully radiant nocturnal appearance that is in celestial harmony with the moonphase. The moon itself, lightly domed, is made of white mother-of-pearl. It is affixed to a blue aventurine glass disc to enhance its glow, a first for the Reine de Naples. It also features a secret signature. The entirely transparent face of the night star appears traced in white beneath the mother-of-pearl. Only the owner of the timepiece will be able to see this, if she pays close attention.

Reference 9935 features a round central lug at 6 o’clock, snow-set with diamonds, its distinctive geometry inspiring the design of the bracelet’s central links. The bracelet itself echoes the oblong case so emblematic of the Reine de Naples collection, while also paying tribute to Caroline Murat’s fondness for pearls, ensuring a seamless aesthetic continuity.

Supple and fluid, this new bracelet can be adjusted to the nearest millimetre at any Breguet boutique. It 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 one 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 8925: Signature Minimalism

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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 the legend with a self-winding timepiece displaying the hours and minutes.

The bezel setting has been densified, increasing the number of diamonds from 37 to 41, 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 bold clarity in extra-white mother-of-pearl. Its offset chapter ring is punctuated by gold Breguet Arabic numerals on a circular Quai de l'Horloge guilloché background.

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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, embraces the art of juxtaposition. Its finely guilloché gold hour ring is coated in glossy black lacquer, while the upper portion of the dial shimmers with black aventurine. All three models are unified by a pear-shaped diamond at 12 o’clock, positioned just above the Manufacture’s signature.

Together, these timepieces celebrate Breguet’s legacy of innovation, femininity, and timeless refinement.

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