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Abraham-Louis Breguet.

Abraham-Louis Breguet(January 1747- September 1800)

A Swiss watchmaker. He was founded Breguet in 1775. He created various innovative technologies such as the Perpetual Calendar, Minute Repeater, Tourbillon. It is said that his accomplishment is to advanced the history of the clock 200 years.


Breguet, familiar with not only advanced clock technology but also the latest science, showed its rich talent and received the love of many European royal aristocrats including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Perpetual Calendar, Minute Repeater, Tourbillon, shockproof device called "Parachute", a hairspring called "Breguet hechge", Breguet Numerals, Aiguilles Breguet, Guilloche etc. His achievements are still used for watch mechanism and design. He is one of the great watchmakers indispensable in the history of watch.


アブラアン-ルイ・ブレゲ(1747年1月~1800年9月)

スイスの時計師。1775年から続く時計メーカー・ブレゲの創業者。パーペチュアルカレンダー、ミニッツリピーター、トゥールビヨンなど、様々な革新的技術を生み出した。彼は時計の歴史を200年早めたと言われている。


高度な時計技術だけではなく最新の科学にも精通していたブレゲは、その豊かな才能を発揮し、ルイ16世やマリー・アントワネットを始めとするヨーロッパの多くの王侯貴族の寵愛を受けた。パーペチュアルカレンダー、ミニッツリピーター、トゥールビヨンのほか、「パラシュート」と呼ばれる耐衝撃装置、「ブレゲヒゲ」と呼ばれるヒゲゼンマイや、ブレゲ数字、ブレゲ針、ギョーシェなど、彼の功績は現代の時計の機構やデザインにも用いられている。彼は時計史上欠かすことのできない偉大な時計師の一人である。

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