Abraham-Louis BREGUET – Autograph manuscript signed to the Duke of Chartres.
"I received in full and final settlement from His Grace the Duke of Chartres in Paris this 7th of November 1785. Breguet."
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"I received in full and final settlement from His Grace the Duke of Chartres in Paris this 7th of November 1785. Breguet."
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Abraham-Louis BREGUET (1747-1823)
Autographed ticket signed.
Half a page, 16mo. Paris. November 7, 1785
A very rare handwritten document from Breguet receiving payment for his watchmaking business from the Duke of Chartres.
"I received in full and final settlement from His Grace the Duke of Chartres in Paris this 7th of November 1785. Breguet."
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Established in 1775 on the Quai de l'Horloge in Paris, the native of Neuchâtel put his expertise at the service of all the crowned heads of Europe, from Louis XVI to Louis XVIII.
His countless inventions – the striking spring for repeater watches, the fall-proof mechanism, the improvement of the perpetual motion, the tact watch and above all the tourbillon – revolutionized watchmaking.