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Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry, including the tourbillon.[1]

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  1. 65 relations: Abraham-Louis Perrelet, Alexander I of Russia, Antiques Roadshow, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Automatic watch, Île de la Cité, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Blair Castle, Bourbon Restoration in France, Breguet (brand), Bureau des Longitudes, Caroline Bonaparte, Christie's, Chronometry, Collège des Quatre-Nations, Complication (horology), David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Duke of Orléans, Echappement naturel, Equation of time, Escapement, Exposition des produits de l'industrie française, French Academy of Sciences, French Navy, French Revolution, Geneva, George Daniels (watchmaker), George III, George IV, Guilloché, Hortense de Beauharnais, House of Bonaparte, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Jean-Antoine Lépine, Jean-Paul Marat, Jerusalem, John Arnold (watchmaker), John Calvin, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Largs, Legion of Honour, List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower, Louis Clément François Breguet, Louis Moinet, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, Louvre, Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette (watch), Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem, ... Expand index (15 more) »

  2. Engineers from the Kingdom of Prussia
  3. French clockmakers
  4. French watchmakers (people)
  5. German clockmakers
  6. German watchmakers (people)
  7. People from the Principality of Neuchâtel

Abraham-Louis Perrelet

Abraham-Louis Perrelet (9 January 1729 – 1826) was a Swiss horologist. Abraham-Louis Breguet and Abraham-Louis Perrelet are people from the Principality of Neuchâtel.

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Alexander I of Russia

Alexander I (–), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825.

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Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people (generally speaking).

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Automatic watch

An automatic watch, also known as a self-winding watch or simply an automatic, is a mechanical watch where the natural motion of the wearer provides energy to wind the mainspring, making manual winding unnecessary if worn enough.

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Île de la Cité

Île de la Cité (English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.

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Blair Castle

Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland.

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Bourbon Restoration in France

The Second Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history during which the House of Bourbon returned to power after the fall of the First French Empire in 1815.

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Breguet (brand)

Breguet is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775.

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Bureau des Longitudes

The Bureau des Longitudes is a French scientific institution, founded by decree of 25 June 1795 and charged with the improvement of nautical navigation, standardisation of time-keeping, geodesy and astronomical observation.

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Caroline Bonaparte

Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte (French: Caroline Marie Annunciata Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I of France.

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Christie's

Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie.

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Chronometry

Chronometry or horology is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. Chronometry enables the establishment of standard measurements of time, which have applications in a broad range of social and scientific areas. Horology usually refers specifically to the study of mechanical timekeeping devices, while chronometry is broader in scope, also including biological behaviours with respect to time (biochronometry), as well as the dating of geological material (geochronometry).

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Collège des Quatre-Nations

The Collège des Quatre-Nations ("College of the Four Nations"), also known as the Collège Mazarin after its founder, was one of the colleges of the historic University of Paris.

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Complication (horology)

In horology, a complication is any feature of a timepiece beyond the display of hours, minutes and seconds.

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David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons

Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, 2nd Baronet (28 January 1851 – 19 April 1925) was a British scientific author, barrister and pioneer of road transport.

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Duke of Orléans

Duke of Orléans (Duc d'Orléans) was a French royal title usually granted by the King of France to one of his close relatives (usually a younger brother or son), or otherwise inherited through the male line.

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Echappement naturel

The échappement naturel was the invention of Abraham-Louis Breguet, one of the most eminent watchmakers of all time.

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Equation of time

The equation of time describes the discrepancy between two kinds of solar time.

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Escapement

An escapement is a mechanical linkage in mechanical watches and clocks that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.

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Exposition des produits de l'industrie française

The Exposition des produits de l'industrie française (Exhibition of Products of French Industry) was a public event organized in Paris, France, from 1798 to 1849.

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French Academy of Sciences

The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research.

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French Navy

The French Navy (lit), informally La Royale, is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Geneva

Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.

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George Daniels (watchmaker)

George Daniels, CBE, FBHI, FSA, AHCI (19 August 1926 – 21 October 2011) was an English horologist who was considered by some to be one of the best in the world in the field of luxury mechanical watches and timepieces during his lifetime.

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George III

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.

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George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death in 1830.

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Guilloché

Guilloché, or guilloche, is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name.

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Hortense de Beauharnais

Hortense Eugénie Cécile Bonaparte (10 April 1783 – 5 October 1837) was Queen consort of Holland.

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House of Bonaparte

The House of Bonaparte is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of Italian origin.

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions".

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Jean-Antoine Lépine

Jean-Antoine Lépine (alternatively spelled L’Pine, LePine, Lepine, L’Epine, born Jean-Antoine Depigny; 18 November 1720 – 31 May 1814) was a French watchmaker. Abraham-Louis Breguet and Jean-Antoine Lépine are French clockmakers and French watchmakers (people).

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Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat (born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. Abraham-Louis Breguet and Jean-Paul Marat are people from the Principality of Neuchâtel.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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John Arnold (watchmaker)

John Arnold (1736 – 11 August 1799) was an English watchmaker and inventor.

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John Calvin

John Calvin (Jehan Cauvin; Jean Calvin; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.

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Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine Bonaparte (born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810.

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Largs

Largs (An Leargaidh Ghallda) is a town on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland, about from Glasgow.

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Legion of Honour

The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.

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List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower

On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French men (scientists, engineers, and mathematicians) are engraved in recognition of their contributions. Abraham-Louis Breguet and List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower are French engineers.

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Louis Clément François Breguet

Louis Clément François Breguet (22 December 1804 – 27 October 1883) was a French physicist and watchmaker, noted for his work in the early days of telegraphy. Abraham-Louis Breguet and Louis Clément François Breguet are French watchmakers (people).

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Louis Moinet

Louis Moinet (1768–1853), inventor of the chronograph, was born into a prosperous family of farmers in Bourges, France, was a French horologist, sculptor and painter. Abraham-Louis Breguet and Louis Moinet are French watchmakers (people).

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Louis XVIII

Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (Maria Antoina Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen consort of France prior to the French Revolution as the wife of King Louis XVI.

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Marie Antoinette (watch)

The Breguet No.

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Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem

The L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art (formerly known as the L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art) (Hebrew: מוזיאון ל. א. מאיר לאמנות האסלאם; Arabic: معهد ل. أ. مئير للفن الإسلامي) is an art museum in Jerusalem, established in 1974.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel (Neuenburg) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Parramatta

Parramatta (Burramatta) is a major suburb and commercial district in Greater Western Sydney, located approximately west of the Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River.

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Père Lachaise Cemetery

Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise; formerly, "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at.

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Powerhouse Museum

The Powerhouse Museum, formerly known as the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS), is a collection of museums in Sydney, and owned by the Government of New South Wales.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Rue de la Paix, Paris

The Rue de la Paix (English: Peace Street) is a fashionable shopping street in the centre of Paris.

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Sotheby's

Sotheby's is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City.

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Swiss made

Swiss made is a label or marking used to indicate that a product was made on the territory of Switzerland.

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The Rocks, New South Wales

The Rocks is a suburb, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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The Swatch Group

The Swatch Group Ltd is a Swiss manufacturer of watches and jewellery.

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Thomas Brisbane

Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer.

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Tourbillon

In horology, a tourbillon ("whirlwind") is an addition to the mechanics of a watch escapement to increase accuracy.

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See also

Engineers from the Kingdom of Prussia

French clockmakers

French watchmakers (people)

German clockmakers

German watchmakers (people)

People from the Principality of Neuchâtel

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham-Louis_Breguet

Also known as Abraham Breguet, Abraham Louis Bréguet, Brégnet, Overcoil.

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