Bréguet-Sabin: history and sights
Served by: metro line 5.
Did you know?
Named after Abraham-Louis Breguet, a brilliant 18th-century watchmaker whose Paris workshop equipped kings and emperors with exceptionally precise watches.
Anecdote
Breguet invented the tourbillon movement, an innovation that offsets the effects of gravity on watch precision.
Around Bréguet-Sabin
- Place de la Bastille, 350 m away — A symbolic square of the French Revolution, dominated by the Colonne de Juillet and the Opéra Bastille.
- Marché Bastille, 80 m away — One of the largest food markets in Paris, held on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.
- Cirque d'Hiver, 900 m away — A circular performance hall built in 1852, still active for circus shows and concerts.