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Summary

The resonating elements that render this timepiece exceptional, as well as others made by Abraham Louis Breguet during his lifetime, is the thought process and originality they encompass. Coupled with technologies that are archaic compared to what we have available today, yet in many ways, these watches outstrip today’s imagination and technical savoir-faire. Whereas today we are often inspired by what has been, A.-L. Breguet was an original, developing ideas that had never been executed before with little to no possibility of influences apart from a few contemporary watchmakers of the same period. In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb, this places in context the achievements of watchmakers of this period and well before, making watches which not only stood the test of time and use, but continue to influence watch companies today both technically and aesthetically. This watch was made under sunlight and candlelight, imagination, intelligence and raw manual skill and mastery.