We visited the?Breguet Manufacture recently and witnessed how modern watchmaking can be combined with old watchmaking skills performed by artisans.Breguet overcoil, Breguet hands and of course, the tourbillon. We often use the name Breguet when talking about design elements or movements. Even when it is not about a Breguet watch. Breguet is a very old watch manufacture, that dates back to 1775 when founder?Abraham-Louis Breguet opened his first workshop in Paris. Responsible for many horological inventions in the history of watchmaking that are still being used today. In this article, I dont want to sum up those inventions (you can read about them here), but show you what Breguet is doing today.Breguet ManufactureToday, Breguet is located in?the Vall|e de Joux, in a small village called?Le Chenit. We were invited to visit the manufacture and we gladly accepted it. For us, Le Chenit is not that far away. A flight from Amsterdam to Geneva is what it takes and from there, by car to the famous watchmaking valley. Bert brought his photo equipment, as you will see in this report and I was happy to talk to the watchmakers and even tried some of the m|tiers (crafts) myself. Without much success, I have to admit. The Breguet manufacture is a beautiful building, that actually is much larger than you would think when youre standing in front of it. There are a couple of wings to the building that cant be seen from the front, but host all of its watchmaking departments (and staff)...creating beautiful high-end watches by combining innovation with traditional craftsmanship.Breguet was never on my radar. I felt that they made watches that werent for me, I actually always felt a bit too young for them. With the exception of their Type XX and Type XXI watches of course and more recently, their La Marine collection.? And it might be my age (just turned 42), but today, I actually prefer the Classique models over their sportier (or younger) watches like the La Marine and Type XX/XXI/XXII models.