Breguet’s Ladies Classique Tourbillon 3358 Prove that Technical Complexity and High-Level Gem Setting Can Coexist

For the second version, the Starlit Night, we get a cooler-toned color scheme with a totally different look and feel, with its 35mm case rendered in 18-karat white gold and paired with a midnight blue mother-of-pearl dial. Moreover, this model gets a different yet equally stunning diamond treatment.
 

Fittingly, given this model’s name and theme, the dial is accented with white gold stars that are sandblasted and polished – some even get a touch of bling with a diamond accent. And while we get the same dial configuration with a register showcasing hours and minutes at 12 o’clock, the Starlit Night has a more monochromatic aesthetic than the Stunning Sight because the same deep blue mother-of-pearl used on the main dial extends onto the sub-dial. However, none of its legibility is lost due to the white Arabic numerals in the brand’s iconic script.
 

Meanwhile, at 6 o’clock, the tourbillon is showcased in all its glory within an oval aperture. Continuing the celestial theme, a shooting star with 45 snow-set diamonds stretches across the complication, giving the dial gorgeous movement and depth.

As with the Stunning Sight, the diamond embellishments on the Starlit Night extend to the bezel, lugs, and crown. his model and its more monochrome style is completed with a glossy alligator strap (which also has 42 diamonds set into its triple folding clasp) and comes in the same rich blue hue as the dial.
 

Both versions of the Ladies Classique Tourbillon 3358 are powered by the hand-wound calibre 187D movement, and, despite the addition of a tourbillon, Breguet has maintained accessible proportions and a slim profile, as each iteration offers a 35mm case that’s just 9.3mm thick.

In the world of watchmaking, there has long been a trend of keeping the technical complexity of women’s watches simpler than their male counterparts, with women’s watches often being pared back to basic, time-only pieces (with a date window thrown in on occasion).

In many instances, this trend has been justified using the argument that, in order to accommodate the particular calibre to power a complication or additional components to create a complication, more real estate is needed; thus, complicated watches require larger proportions that wouldn’t suit a ladies’ wrist.
 

With both variations of the Ladies Classique Tourbillon 3358, Breguet disproves these notions by executing two watches with the technical complexity of a tourbillon and with smaller proportions to suit a more modestly sized wrist.