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Breguet: The Godfather of Watchmaking
Abraham-Louis Breguet, the creator of the tourbillon movement and the first wristwatch, assembled an impressive following of royals and emperors alike.
Introduction to Breguet
When it comes to collecting timepieces, many collectors gravitate to watchmakers with a distinguished legacy. Breguet is one such maison, long venerated by the collecting communit꧑y.
Abraham-Louis Breguet founded Bregu♛et in 1775, when he opened a workshop in Île de la Cité of Paris, where he would quickly rise to become one of the greatest watchmakers of all time. His House would also be one of the most established and longest-running watch brands in the world.
A Distinguished Collector History
Among the distinguished patrons of Breguet, there is a long list of luminaries: Napoleon Bonaparte bought three Breguet pieces before his expe๊dition to Egypt, and Sir Winston Churchill famously 🔥wore his Breguet number 765 throughout his life.
But the acqua🍃intance that put his name on the map was no less than Marie Antoinette who, in 1782, commissioned a piece – the watch bearing Breguet number 160 – which is now an iconic masterpiece due to its historical value and complex build. The final creation is still considered the 5th most complicated watch in the world (the queen’s instruction was to include every known refinement, compli💛cation and function available at the time, with no time or monetary limits for the order).
Breguet and its Groundbreaking Complications
Abraham-Louis Breguet’s name is often associated with his groundbreaking complications that still remain the gold standard among watchmakers. ওAmong the most famous, the tourbillon movement is known as the most complicated of complications. Breguet was the first to understand the effects of gravity on the precision of watches. His tourbillon was a game changer then, and continues to fascinate co🍃llectors today. Most brands shy away from making a tourbillon due to its delicate and expensive nature, but among the top tier of watch brands, having a tourbillon in their offerings is not only a must, it serves as proof of technical excellency.
Another creation by Breguet is the first wristwatch ever known – the Breguet watch number 2639 🦄was made for Ca✤roline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples. An avid admirer, she would eventually acquire up to 34 clocks and watches from the brand. In tribute to its exciting legacy, Breguet would eventually draw on the first wristwatch for its Reine de Naples collection of watches for ladies. Its motto is fittingly “In every woman is a queen.”
Breg🤪uet is also credited with 𝓡the Perpétuelle watch, which is essentially the invention of the first self-winding watch. Even though Abraham-Louis Breguet’s contribution to watchmaking as an individual is incomparable, the tradition of innovation continued with his son, Antoine-Louis, who produced the first watches to be equipped with a winding crown, or keyless winding.
For watches with a rich legacy that still continue to push the realm of possibilities, one can look nꦰo further than a Breguet.
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