Breguet Marine Royale 5847 alarm watch

The Swiss manufacture has released a rose gold Breguet Marine Royale 5847 alarm watch that costs almost €30,000 and makes a strange first impression.

Breguet’s new Marine Royale 5847 alarm watch is a strange piece of gadgetry.

Adding a unidirectional rotating bezel with luminous markers to the elegant (yet, overweight) design of the Marine 58xx series, the revered watch manufacture effectively created an amphibious monster that looks stupid on a wet suit and feels funny with a formal suit and a long-sleeve shirt.

On the one ahem hand, being whole 45 millimeters in diameter, the watch looks massive and even rugged thanks to its intimidating rubbers strap and inserts of the same material on the crowns.

However, on the other hand, the timekeeper comes equipped with an elegant dial decorated with painstakingly executed guilloche pattern and a set of Roman numerals crafted from rose gold.

The refined hands with luminous dots on them also successfully contribute to a disturbing feeling of cognitive dissonance, which is inflicted by this strange watch.

Yet, from the technical point of view it is definitely a masterpiece, which is something that you expect from such a well-established brand with hundreds of years of experience behind its back.

The watch is powered by Breguet Cal. 519R automatic movement featuring an alarm complication, which is functional both on the ground and underwater.

The alarm is set with a rubber-sheathed second crown at 4 o’clock and is turned on or off with a dedicated push-piece at 8 o’clock.

There is also a small round window at 12 o’clock that displays a “note” sign if the alarm is in “ON” position and a power reserve indicator at 10 o’clock.

Here is a short video of the new Marine Royale 5847 watch presented in a white gold body:

Photos: Breguet

Breguet Marine Royale 5847 alarm watch specification

Price range: $42,000
Movement: Breguet Cal. 519R, automatic, 36 jewels, 28,800 vph, engine-turned rose gold rotor, numbered and signed
Complications: Power reserve, date, alarm
Power reserve: 45 hours
Case material: Rose gold
Case shape: Round
Transparent case back: Yes, sapphire crystal
Case size: 45 mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: 18K gold with black rhodium finish, hand-guilloched
Hands: Breguet hands, 18-carat gold
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Rubber
Crystal: Sapphire