Abraham Louis Breguet founded “Breguet watches” is perhaps the oldest surviving
watch making house in the world. Over the years Breguet watches and its founder
has been responsible for lot of new developments in the field of watch making.
The company was formed in 1775 and from there on Breguet watches never really
looked back. Right from its inception Breguet swiss replica watches
were a tribute to style
and fashion of its time. In 1780 Breguet watches recorded its first patent so to
speak when it developed first self winding watch and a new age had arrived after
that the founder continue to make one new development after the other right up
to his death in 1823.
During this period he and Breguet watches were blessed
with several patrons but perhaps the greatest patron of them all was queen of
France Marie Antoinette she was the lady who showed great amount of interest in
the work of Breguet watches and its founder which in turn allowed him to create
his best work in the form of Marie Antoinette the watch. It is widely regarded
as one of the classics in the art of watch making. Another first by Breitling replica
watches
and its founder was the first wrist watch that he designed for princess
of Naples. After the death of A R Breguet there was a relatively quiet period
for Breguet watches as far as the development of new techniques and technologies
is concerned but the company continued to produce world class watches without
being brilliant. In 2000 Breguet watches, were acquired by Swatch watches and
with coming of Nicolas G.
Hayek Breguet watches was back to its old
revolutionary days. It is again registering patents right left and centre and it
is once more one of the leading watch makers in the world. Another feather in
the cap of this company was the use of the brand name by literary giants like
Leo Tolstoy and Alexander Dumas. Both of these great contemporary writers and
since then many other writers have used these watches to enhance the story
telling and the prestige of their story as they are not only the oldest but also
most prestigious watch makers of their time. In 2007 Nicolas decided to re make
classic Marie Antoinette because it was stolen from a museum in Tel Aviv since
then it has been recovered by the police.