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| e-Antique.eu Glossary: Abraham loius breguet |
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Abraham loius breguet
Swiss born watchmaker working in Paris from c1762. He specialised in subscription watches or souscription watches which were made to order for clients or subscribers, and self-winding watches.
In 1795, Breguet invented an escapement mechanism-called the tourbillon which reduced errors caused by the changing position of a watch as it was carried around. He also developed montres a tact which have knobs set at each hour for telling the time by touch in the dark.
Breguet’s watch cases are often very thin, with gold or silver dials. He signed his pieces ‘Braguet a Paris’ until 1791, when he developed a hidden signature to discourage forgeries. He went into partnership with his son Louis-Antoine c1807. |
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