Abraham-Louis Breguet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abraham-Louis Breguet

Swiss engineer and clockmaker

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1747

Place of Birth: Neuchâtel, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1823

Profession: businessperson, engineer, watchmaker, physicist, inventor

Nationality: Switzerland, France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking in France.
In his lifetime he was considered the leading watchmaker of his day, and he built up a clientele that included many leading public figures and members of the European nobility. Alongside his friend and contemporary John Arnold, Breguet is now widely acknowledged as one of the greatest horologists of all time.
One of his famous ancestors was Jean Breguet (who died in 1593) a Protestant pastor in Neuchâtel very much influenced by the ideas of John Calvin. He is the founder of the Breguet company, which is now the luxury watch division of the Swiss Swatch Group.