The only son of the founder, Antoine-Louis Breguet, takes over the company in 1824. Having been immersed in watchmaking since his earliest childhood, he pursues the work of his famous father. It is his son, Louis-Clément, who breathes a new dynamism into Breguet, understanding that watchmaking is from that point on spread through all social classes. He decides to extend his activities by diversifying, particularly in physic instruments.
"As for "tickers", (…) her apartments were alive with their clicking. Tor, happening to mention one night that hers, (…) went ill, on the very next morning there came to her a little bijou marked Leroy (…) and another signed Breguet, which was covered with pearls (...)."William Makepeace ThackerayVanity Fair, 1847-1848
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist and satirist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847-1848), a novel describing English society during the Napoleonic Wars.
