Breguet product history and timeline explained

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Breguet's product history and chronology

2024	Introducing the Classic Tourbillon 3358.
2023	A new generation of chronograph, the Type XX, is launched.
2022	The Aura Mundi, with its innovative dual time display, is born as a model in the Marine collection.
2015	The expansion of the Manufacture in Lorient (Switzerland), in the Vallée de Joux, is completed.
2014	Launch of the ultra-thin tourbillon movement.
2013	The first watch with a "magnetic pivot" is here.
2011	The MontresBreguet Boîtes caseworks are born. The magnetic governor is introduced to the sonor mechanism.
2010	Marc A. Hayek becomes CEO. High-frequency movements (10Hz) are introduced.
2008	A reissue of the Breguet pocket watch No. 160 "Marie Antoinette" is released.
2006	Silicon appears in the manufacturing of watch parts.
2002	The Queen of Naples is launched, featuring a new moon phase mechanism.
1999	Breguet is sold to the Swatch Group.
1994	Opening of a new manufacture in Abbaye, in the Vallée de Joux (Switzerland).
1987	Inventscope acquires Breguet.
1976	A workshop is opened in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland.
1970	Breguet is sold to the Parisian jeweller Chaumet.
1954	Mass production of the Type XX chronograph begins.
1933	A boutique opens on Place Vendôme.
1932	Custom-made dashboard witch for Bugatti for sale.
1926	Began development of special-order aviation instruments.
1901	First maintenance on Sir Winston Churchill's watch.
1890	Purchase of the watch by the Duke of Marlborough.
1870	He sold the watch division to Edward Brown, the workshop manager at the time.
1843	Louis-Clément Breguet appointed to the Committee on Longitude.
1840	Maintenance of the great composer Gioachino Rossini's clock.
1838	Queen Victoria bought a miniature watch with an off-center dial.
1833	The founder's grandson, Louis-Clément Breguet, inherited the Maison.
1830	Antoine-Louis Breguet introduces the first keyless watch, with knurled buttons for winding and setting the time.
1823	Abraham-Louis Breguet passes away.
1820	Invented the "double second hand (observation) chronometer," the forerunner of all split-second chronographs.
1815	Abraham-Louis Breguet is appointed watchmaker to the French Royal Army.
1812	Introducing the eccentric dial.
1810	Queen Caroline Murat orders the first wristwatch intended for wearing on the wrist.
1809	Tsar Alexander I of Russia purchases the Pandure Sympatique.
1808	Queen Caroline Murat of Naples buys her first Breguet watch.
1804	The Ottoman Sultan Selim III joins the clientele.
1801	He obtained a patent for an entirely new type of regulator, which he named the "tourbillon."
1799	The first "Montre à Tact" (tactile clock) goes on sale.
1798	The first Pandure Sympatique watches are launched. Napoleon purchases three watches before setting out on his Egyptian campaign.
1796	Sales of single-hand watches known as "Subscriptions."
1795	Invention of the Breguet balance spring.
1790	The invention of a shock-absorbing mechanism called the "parachute."
1786	Abraham-Louis Breguet introduces guilloching, done on a manual lathe, to the dials of his watches.
1783	Invents the gong spring and designs Breguet hands and numerals. Receives an order for the Breguet pocket watch No. 160 "Marie Antoinette."
1780	The invention of the self-winding watch, called the "Perpétuelle."
1775	Abraham-Louis Breguet establishes his workshop in Paris.

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