Press release
WAX Collect and Breguet Open the Doors of a 250-Year-Old Maison to Collectors in Manhattan
A private evening at Breguet's New York boutique put the house's rarest pieces in front of the collectors who keep its history alive
NEW YORK, April 24, 2026. WAX Collect, the InsurTech and specialty MGU focused exclusively on luxury assets and collectibles, and Breguet co-hosted a private viewing for collectors on Thursday, April 23, at Breguet's Manhattan boutique. Vincent Brasesco, Breguet's Brand President for the USA and Canada, hosted the evening with the boutique team and presented rare and current pieces from across the maison's collections to WAX clients and Breguet's own.
Watches are the largest category WAX protects. Thursday's viewing put that community face to face with the house that shaped the craft.
The house that shaped modern watchmaking
Few names in watchmaking carry what Breguet carries. Abraham-Louis Breguet founded the house in 1775 and went on to invent the tourbillon. The maison marked its 250th anniversary in 2025.
Guests saw, up close, pieces most collectors only ever encounter in print, and heard the history behind them directly from the Breguet team. What began as two communities, WAX collectors and Breguet clients, ended the night as one room.
"Breguet is not just a watch brand. It is part of the foundation every other watch stands on," said Rich Vinhais, CEO of WAX Collect. "Behind every watch we protect is a person who cares where it came from. An insurer's job should not end at the policy. It should include putting collectors in the room with the history they are preserving. We insure a lot of watches. That night we mostly stood around staring at them, and that felt exactly right. We are grateful to Vincent and the entire Breguet team for opening their doors, and to everyone who joined us."
Inside the evening
The viewing spanned the maison's current collections and its rarest pieces, with the Breguet team presenting each watch and the story behind it. Collectors lingered over the Tradition collection, the line that puts Breguet's movement architecture on full display.
The evening is the latest in a run of private Breguet programming for the WAX community, which has also included an up-close look at the Expérimentale line, where the maison debuts its most forward-looking watchmaking.
More than a policy
Collector evenings are a growing part of how WAX shows up for the community it protects. WAX was founded by collectors. Its private viewings, partner evenings and collector gatherings are designed to do what a policy alone cannot: bring passionate people together around the pieces they love, and give them access that deepens how they collect.