Simple watch with two styles, originally sold to the Duke of Praslin. (Kremlin Museums)
Kremlin Museums
“New construction” sympathetic clock (a clock synchronised from a master clock), originally owned by the French king, Louis-Philippe I. (Paris, Mobilier National, photo: Isabelle Bideau)
Paris, Mobilier National
No. 5 Perpetual Watch, originally sold to Count Journiac Saint-Méard. (Collection of Montres Breguet SA)
Collection of Montres Breguet SA
Turkish watch, which was originally owned by Sultan Beykan. (Collection of Montres Breguet SA)
Collection of Montres Breguet SA
Miniature carriage clock with quarter repeater and almanac belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte. (Swiss National Museum)
Swiss National Museum
Medallion watch, part of a collection owned by Elisa Bonaparte, Grand-Duchess of Tuscany and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. (Swiss National Museum)
Swiss National Museum
Small medallion tactile watch, a former possession of Joséphine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. (Collection of Montres Breguet SA)
Collection of Montres Breguet SA
Simple watch, new calibre, sold to “an assistant to Mr Hottinguer". (Swiss National Museum)
Swiss National Museum
Ship's chronometer with two spring barrels, sold to the French Navy Department in 1822. (Collection of Montres Breguet SA)
Collection of Montres Breguet SA
Workshop notebook with Abraham-Louis Breguet's handwriting. (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle)
Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle
How the Swiss Abraham-Louis Breguet changed watchmaking.
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Renowned for his elegance, inventions and business sense, Breguet (1747-1823) has been described as the greatest watchmaker of all time. The Swiss National Museum in Zurich is holding a retrospective of his work.
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