The brilliant history of Breguet

Abraham Louis Pau (1747-1823), was born in Switzerland Neuchatel, 17 years old in Paris started to make watches, soon, his talent and vigorous invention ability showed his candle under a bushel and got appreciation from Renaissance advocate--French king Louis XV.

 

1775, Breguet opened the first watch shop in Paris. Because of his profound mechanical knowledge, unique extraordinary talent for watch features and technology, he attracted the most excellent craftsmen‘s interest to join it; he teach and guided untiringly to train them and made them become talent, so his rich imagination is able to become attractive and excellent works.

 

Watches and clocks that Breguet design and manufacture are diversity, regardless of wrist watch, nautical astronomical clock and bells all have great unique design and make him regarded as the most outstanding character in the watch industry. Breguet in the watch industry has achieved excellent results, in the beginning Breguet has amazing the world by repeated innovation, for example: 1780 automatic watch (Perpetuelle), the invention of ring spring substantially reducing chime clock’s width, as well as the world's first watch shockproof device (Pare-Chute) to make watch no longer easily damaged and have more reliable performance.

 

Breguet watch was deeply appreciated by the French king Louis X VI and Queen Mary Anthony, with innovative parts and continually improved lever or cylinder escapement device; its new classical style is quite in line with economic benefits. In the near end of the hand of clock designed by Breguet has a hollow dot (called Pomme hand of clock, then simply known as the Breguet hand of clock), there are more elegant figures in the surface of enamel. As for the gold watch case, the subsequent silver dial all was crafted by hand to use carved machine carefully, it is the slimmest and the most elegant watch case since watch existed.