Breguet (watch)

The watch manufacturer Montres Breguet SA was founded in 1775 by the watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, had its headquarters in Paris for a long time and is now in the Swiss Vallée de Joux resident.

History

1780 Breguet presented shortly after Abraham -Louis Perrelet and Hubert Sarton its first watches with automatic winding mechanism by a flywheel ago. The first pocket watches with built- gong ( for acoustic time display ) were built by Breguet in 1783. 1790 made ​​the factory with the " pare- chute", a precursor of the shock absorber, attention. Breguet was given in 1801 by the French Ministry for a patent on the invention of the tourbillon. With the first real watch, which was built in the period 1810 to 1812, Breguet was a pioneer of modern clock as a constant accompaniment.

Since Breguet watches have become world famous, soon came with his name on provided forgeries. Therefore, Breguet began in 1795 on the dials of his watches to install a secret signature. Among professionals, the so-called Breguet spring was very well known. It is a particularly shaped coil spring of the balance wheel, in which the last coil handling thanks to two knee -like bend is situated somewhat above the coil, which has a concentric "breathing" of the coil is achieved.

Breguet watches are technical top products in the upper price segment dar. So the moon phase calendar of the model " Classique " is valid for 1050 years, the clock consists of approximately 2500 items and costs (2012 ), about € 300.000, - ..

The factory remained until 1870, family owned and was then taken over by the then workshop manager Edward Brown. The family of Edward Brown Breguet sold in 1970 to the jeweler Chaumet. 1987 Breguet passed into the possession of the London financial Investcorp company. Under the Investcorp Groupe Breguet was founded, to which the company Montres Breguet SA, Montres Jaquet -Droz SA, Valdar SA and the Nouvelle Lemania SA included. 1999 Breguet was acquired by the Swatch Group.

At the time of acquisition Breguet sold around 4,000 watches has an annual revenue of about 40 million Swiss francs. In 2006 the number of watches sold had risen to 22,000 watches a year with a turnover of 400 million Swiss francs. During the construction of the movements Breguet is also part of silicon, for example, Balance springs, a.

Historically important buyers of watches Breguet

  • Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), French Emperor, three pocket watches, a table clock no. 178, bought in 1798
  • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples, and later Spain, a pocket watch
  • Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, a pocket watch
  • Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, a pocket watch
  • Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, a pocket watch
  • Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, a pocket watch
  • Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, a pocket watch
  • George IV (1762-1830), King of Great Britain, No. pocket. 921, bought in 1803
  • Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ( 1766-1841 ), British diplomat, Pocket No. 1193, bought in 1803
  • Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German naturalist, pocket watch " Garde- temps ", no. 147, bought in 1805
  • Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, a Grande Complication Kutschenuhr and the first wristwatch No. 2639, bought in 1812
  • Michel Ney (1769-1815), Marshal of France, Pocket No. 2121, bought in 1813
  • Charles Baudin (1784-1854), Admiral of France, Chronometer No. 3230, bought in 1827
  • Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Italian composer, Chronometer No. 4604, bought in 1843
  • Frederick William IV (1795-1861), King of Prussia, Pocket No. 2846, bought in 1814
  • Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806-1878), Regent of Spain, table clock no. 3347, bought in 1831
  • Albert de Dion (1856-1946), French automotive pioneer, watch No. 1782, bought in 1911
  • Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, Chronograph No. 765, bought in 1928
  • Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982), Polish pianist, Pocket No. 4761, bought in 1930

Source.

Types of business entity Manufacture d'horlogerie Abraham-Louis Perrelet Clock face Caroline Bonaparte Frederick William IV of Prussia Jules-Albert de Dion
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