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    Ferdinand Berthoud (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ bɛʁtu]; born 18 March 1727, in Plancemont-sur-Couvet, Principality of Neuchâtel; died 20 June 1807...
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    along with his sister, Caroline, and president of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. He is the son of Karl and Karin Scheufele, German entrepreneurs who...
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  • Berthoud may refer to: Berthoud, Colorado, US Berthoud Pass, Colorado, US Burgdorf, Switzerland, (French: Berthoud) Alfred Berthoud (1874–1939), Swiss...
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    chronometer a much more accurate piece than had been anticipated. Ferdinand Berthoud in France, as well as Thomas Mudge in Britain also successfully produced...
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    XVI Revival style) clock, unknown sculptor, dial and mechanism by Ferdinand Berthoud, c. 1860, gilt bronze, Château de Compiègne, France The Birth of Venus...
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    December 2013). "Chopard Resuscitates Historical Watchmaker To Create Ferdinand Berthoud Brand". Forbes. Retrieved 16 March 2016. "History (Chopard) -Fondation...
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    Rittenhouse, United States Eli Terry, United States Eugène Farcot, France Ferdinand Berthoud, France and Switzerland Franz Ketterer, Germany G Bernard Ramsdale...
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  • and the kilt is worn throughout the Highlands by 1745. March 19 – Ferdinand Berthoud, Swiss clockmaker and maker of scientific instruments (died 1807)...
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  • parents in Neuchâtel. He studied watchmaking for ten years under Ferdinand Berthoud and Jean-Antoine Lépine before setting up his own watchmaking business...
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    F. Bucherer | Cartier | Chanel | Chopard | Chronoswiss | Corum | Ferdinand Berthoud | Greubel Forsey | H. Moser & Cie. | Hermès | Hublot | Iwc Schaffhausen...
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    and long-range shooting. Jehan-Jacques Blancpain Stefan Anderson Ferdinand Berthoud Abraham Louis Breguet John Alker John Arnold Jean-Marc Vacheron George...
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  • about time 1941 "Ferdinand Berthoud 1727–1807 This illustrious horologist was the son of the architect and justiciary, Jean Berthoud, of Plancemont near...
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  • Dutch clockmaker, Dordrecht, astronomical clock, marine chronometer. Ferdinand Berthoud (1727–1807), Swiss watchmaker and author, Paris, marine chronometer...
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  • Ferdinand Berthoud marine clock No2 with motor spring and double pendulum sheel 1763...
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    elsewhere. Among his many technical accomplishments, Moinet re-made a Ferdinand Berthoud regulator almost in its entirety. He also invented a counter that...
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    Italian artist Ambrogio Lorenzetti, from 1338. The Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan used 18 hourglasses on each ship during his circumnavigation...
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    plus remarquables de l'antiquité jusquà nos jours, Strasbourg, 1931 Ferdinand Berthoud Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges, Imprimerie de la...
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    toward the center, so the "beat" gets slower and the watch loses time. Ferdinand Berthoud found in 1773 that an ordinary brass balance and steel hairspring...
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    called Traité de l'horlogerie ("Treatise on Clockmaking"), written by Ferdinand Berthoud. He would go on to pursue the craft of clockmaking for the rest of...
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    mechanical approaches were considered. Two clock-makers dominated, Ferdinand Berthoud and Pierre Le Roy. Four sea trials took place between 1767 and 1772...
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    Travers. Emer de Vattel (1714 in Couvet – 1767) an international lawyer Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont-sur-Couvet – 1807) a scientist and watchmaker...
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    the isochronous spiral spring, in which he was in competition with Ferdinand Berthoud, but which he published first. Le Roy's prototype marine chronometre...
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    Switzerland Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Review of Ferdinand Berthoud's Treatise on Marine Clocks, Appendix Art. VIII, The Monthly Review...
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    went to Paris to study horology with Ferdinand Berthoud. He took part in a one-year sea campaign to test Berthoud's first marine chronometer, in an attempt...
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    almost always used Lépine calibres and then modified them. Along with Ferdinand Berthoud Lépine was master of Breguet. Throughout his career Lépine contributed...
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    The collection includes one of the early marine chronometers by Ferdinand Berthoud, a pendule sympathique by Breguet, a pocket watch with astronomical...
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    were selected to test one such chronometer, made by Swiss watchmaker Ferdinand Berthoud (1727–1807) on board the corvette L'Hirondelle in 1764. For the transit...
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    English watchmaking until it was adopted in the Continent in 1768 by Ferdinand Berthoud. Jewel bearings are still used today in luxury mechanical watches...
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    Henry Sully was followed in his developments by Pierre Le Roy and Ferdinand Berthoud. Soon after the 1726 publication of Une Horloge inventée et executée...
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    watch that could go a whole year without being winded, but he left Ferdinand Berthoud the honor to give his invention the required degree of accuracy. Romilly...
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