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 as balance of all accounts from Monseigneur the Duke of Chartres in Paris this 7 October 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.

 

 

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