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https://www.breguet.com/en/timeline/1747-1800/writers
1747 - 1800
  • 1801 - 1823
  • 1824 - 1863
  • 1864 - 1969
  • 1970 - 1998
  • 1999 to the present
Breguet in literature 1747 - 1800

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Breguet in literature 1747 - 1800

Breguet in literature 1747 - 1800

Abraham-Louis Breguet becomes a preeminent reference in watchmaking and some important writers of this period pay tribute to him through their literary works. Breguet establishes an exceptional and lasting reputation. Stendhal, for example, wrote in a book published in 1817: « Breguet makes a watch which for twenty years never goes wrong…».

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Milestones

Milestones

1775 Quai de l'Horloge
1775

Paris, Quai de l'Horloge

1780 self-winding watches
1780

Self-winding watches

1783 Breguet hands and the Breguet’s Arabic numerals.
1783

Breguet hands and the Breguet’s Arabic numerals.

1783
1783

Gong-spring for repeating watches

1786 Guilloché dials
1786

Guilloché dials

1789 Breguet key
1789

Breguet key

1795 Breguet balance-spring
1795

Breguet balance-spring

1796 Subscription watch
1796

Subscription watch

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Distinguished patrons

Distinguished patrons

1782 Marie-Antoinette
1782

Queen Marie-Antoinette

1787 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
1787

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

1798 Napoléon Bonaparte
1798

Napoléon Bonaparte

1798 L'impératrice Joséphine
1798

L'impératrice Joséphine

Breguet in literature

Writers

Inventions

Inventions

Breguet, perpetual calendar development

Perpetual calendar

Silicon escapement

Escape-wheel and lever in silicon

Breguet, development of the balance-spring

Breguet balance-spring

Breguet, development of the self-winding watch

Self-winding

Breguet hands

Breguet, invention of the gong-spring

Gong-spring

Pare-chute

Equation of time

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