The Most Important Inventor in Watch History

We'll be breaking down the meaning, history, and importance of different watch terms The forlorn lover had the right idea: Breguet eventually delivered the most complicated watch in existence at the time, built with many of his original inventions, including the perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and equation of time Even if the watch never reached its intended recipient, it hammers home Breguet's mastery.

We've spent the past couple months nailing down definitions of watch terms for this glossary-and many of them are the result of a crazy idea Breguet had one day and then figured out Let's run through some of Breguet's most important horological contributions Breguet's first impressive breakthrough was the self-winding watch.

Moving about while, presumably, locksmithing, swung the weight inside the watch to build up power. . Source