Abraham-Louis BREGUET – Autograph manuscript signed to the Duke of Chartres.
"I received in full payment from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris on 7 September 1785. Breguet."
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"I received in full payment from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris on 7 September 1785. Breguet."
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Abraham-Louis BREGUET (1747-1823)
Signed autograph ticket.
A 1/2 page in-16°. Paris. November 7, 1785
Very rare handwritten piece of Breguet receiving the balance of his watchmaking from the Duke of Chartres.
"I received in full payment from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris on 7 September 1785. Breguet."
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Established in 1775 on the Quai de l'Horloge in Paris, the native of Neuchâtel put his know-how at the service of all the crowned heads of Europe, from Louis XVI to Louis XVIII.
His countless inventions: the gong spring for repeater watches, the pare-chute, the improvement of the perpetual movement, the tact watch and especially the tourbillon, revolutionized watchmaking.