The Titanium Breva Segreto Di Lario Evokes Late-Night Lakeside Vistas

After a hiatus of about a decade, independent watchmaker Breva Genève made a return to centre stage earlier this year. While its first stint in the industry is known for fascinatingly clever meteorological complications, the brand now heads into a different, more elegant direction. The Segreto di Lario, the Secret of Lake Como, wouldn’t look out of place on the boardwalk of Nice, Monaco, or indeed, Lake Como. Expanding the collection, Breva now introduces the titanium editions of the Segreto di Lario, with new tones on the dial as well.

On its debut, the Segreto di Lario was presented in luxurious rose gold, which is now exchanged for a more contemporary look and feel. The 41mm case is machined from grade 5 titanium, shedding a significant amount of weight in the process (how much is not communicated). It retains its elegant cushion shape and comes with a sapphire crystal on both sides. The deceptively simple-looking case is finished with an array of techniques, including a circularly brushed crown with a polished guard, laser-engraving and sand-blasting on the caseback, polished bevels and so on.

Other than a new material for the case, we also get new finishing for the dials. Two models are presented, with either a vertically brushed copper coloured “Sunset” main dial or a slate grey dial as if looking over the lake at night. The lower part of the dial is “cut off” to reveal a rhodium-plated section, finished with Côtes de Genève, sort of in the style of a boat’s decking. The display is similar to the previous editions, with central hands for the hours and minutes, retrograde seconds at noon, and the split power reserve display. One hand indicates the remaining power for the first 6 days, and the other for the remaining 7th day.

As the changes are purely aesthetic, the movement has been left untouched. Developed by François-Paul Mojon of Chronode on the C101 platform, the adaptation to achieve the double power reserve indication is specific to Breva. The finishing includes details such as Geneva stripes, an engraved compass rose on one of the two barrels, polished screw heads and bevelled angles. The twin-barrel set-up ensured a power reserve of 7 days, indicated on two separate scales on the front, as explained.

Breva puts the new titanium editions of the Segreto di Lario on a black or brown alligator leather strap, or a taupe suede leather strap, with a grade 5 titanium pin buckle. Breva doesn’t state how many will be made, other than the fact that production numbers will be low. The price is set at CHF 46,000 excluding VAT.

For more information, please visit Breva-Watches.com.