The reputation of Abraham-Louis Breguet is so important that famous writers pay tribute to him in their works. Stendhal writes in his publication « Rome, Naples and Florence » published in 1817: « Breguet makes a watch which for twenty years never goes wrong, while the pitiful machine by which we live runs amiss and produces pain at least once a week. ». He will be the first of an important set of writher to quote Breguet.