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    Abraham-Louis Breguet (French pronunciation: [abʁa.am lwi bʁeɡɛ]; 10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality...
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    64912; 6.31735 Breguet (French pronunciation: [bʁeɡɛ]) is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in...
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  • Look up fr:Breguet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breguet may refer to: Breguet (watch), watch manufacturer Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss...
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    Louis Charles Breguet was the grandson of Louis-Francois-Clement Breguet, and great-great-grandson of the famous horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet. In...
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  • Marie-Antoinette or the Queen, is a case watch designed by Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, and was his 160th watch. It has been called 'a poem in clockwork'...
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    for contemporary watchmaking. Abraham-Louis Breguet's 'natural escapement' also significantly influenced Daniels. Breguet's design involved two detent-like...
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  • developed by his friend the Swiss-French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet and patented by Breguet on 26 June 1801. In a tourbillon, the escapement and...
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    Switzerland, Breguet was the grandson of Abraham-Louis Breguet, founder of the watch manufacturing company Breguet. He became manager of Breguet et Fils watchmakers...
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  • Ernest Borel Bovet Fleurier Édouard Bovet Bozeman Watch Company Abraham-Louis Breguet Breguet Breil Breitling Bremont Watch Company Gustav Bruemmer Buccellati...
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    the late twentieth century. His legacy includes, together with Abraham-Louis Breguet, being one of the inventors of the modern mechanical watch. One...
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    developments. About the beginning of 1779, Abraham-Louis Breguet became aware of Perrelet's watches, probably through Louis Recordon, who travelled from Geneva...
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    about 1800 onwards, chiefly in Britain; it was also adopted by Abraham-Louis Breguet, but Swiss watchmakers (who by now were the chief suppliers of watches...
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  • ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete anɔnim de‿atəlje davjasjɔ̃ lwi bʁeɡɛ]), also known as Breguet Aviation ([bʁeɡɛ avjasjɔ̃])...
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    not work reliably and Breguet stopped producing them around 1810. Louis-Frédéric Perrelet (1781–1852), a grandson of Abraham-Louis Perrelet, was trained...
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    closely together. From 1811 on, Moinet became Breguet's personal adviser. Abraham-Louis Breguet's son, Antoine-Louis, found it difficult to tolerate the presence...
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  • Marie Antoinette (watch), a watch designed by Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1802 Marie Antoinette (name) All pages with titles beginning...
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    subsequently studied under the prominent master clockmaker and horologist Abraham-Louis Breguet, who praised Brunel's potential in letters to his father. In late...
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  • Constantin (Est. 1755), Breguet (Est. 1775), Blancpain (*Est. 1735), Jaquet Droz (Est. 1738 in La Chaux-de-Fonds). Abraham-Louis Breguet played a great role...
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  • The échappement naturel was the invention of Abraham-Louis Breguet, one of the most eminent watchmakers of all time. Following the introduction of the...
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    the Royal Society Institution of Civil Engineers (VP from 1850) Abraham-Louis Breguet (trained Brunel) Robert Pearson Brereton (Chief assistant) Personal...
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    19th century in France. The first carriage clock was invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet for the Emperor Napoleon in 1812. The case, usually plain or gilt-brass...
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  • Fleurier 1822 Edouard Bovet Geneva Privately held company Breguet 1775 Paris, France Abraham-Louis Breguet L'Abbaye Subsidiary The Swatch Group Nicolas G. Hayek...
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  • winding mechanism (although this had been discovered previously by Abraham Louis Breguet but not patented by him), and continued the watchmaking business...
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    wife in 1792. He sold his watches and equipment and designs to Abraham-Louis Breguet, who sold watches under his own name. Following the restoration...
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    of the Oudin family worked for the master watch and clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet. Charles Oudin, the best known member of this horological dynasty...
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    by British clockmaker Thomas Mudge around 1754, and improved by Abraham-Louis Breguet (1787), Peter Litherland (1791), and Edward Massey (1800). Its modern...
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    the Royal Society Institution of Civil Engineers (VP from 1850) Abraham-Louis Breguet (trained Brunel) Robert Pearson Brereton (Chief assistant) Personal...
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    of makers including Josiah Emery (a Swiss based in London) and Abraham-Louis Breguet. With this, a domestic watch could keep time to within a minute...
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  • Palace. Antoine Thiout the elder (Paris, 1692–1767) Abraham-Louis Breguet; Paris (1775–1823) Louis-Gabriel Brocot; Paris (1791–1872) Achille Brocot; Paris...
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    watches up until the early 20th century. In 1810, the watch-maker Abraham-Louis Breguet made a wristwatch for the Queen of Naples. The first Swiss wristwatch...
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