CHANGE OF HEART
Apr 23, 2021
2 minutes
Melissa Kong
One of the most important figures in watchmaking history, Abraham-Louis Breguet, is responsible for some of the greatest inventions to have impacted the world of horology. The tourbillon? Breguet’s brainchild. Pare-chute shock protection system? His idea too. In fact, archival evidence also adds another feather to the cap of Breguet’s long line of achievements—that of the first wristwatch ever made.
Caroline Murat, Napoléon Bonaparte’s
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