Inside The Manufacture: With Breguet In Switzerland, Pt. 1: The Sympathique, The 18th-Century Equivalent Of An iPod Dock

It’s difficult to think of a timepiece more welcoming than the Sympathique. The little table clock, whose name means literally means “likeable” in French, is one of the first pieces any visitor sees when entering Breguet’s manufacture in the Vallée de Joux. And it is perhaps the most appropriate introduction to the watchmaker, as it offers a glimpse at one of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s earliest inventions as well as the company’s current direction.

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