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Louis-Frédéric Perrelet

Louis-Frédéric Perrelet

1781-1854
Swiss clockmaker.
Grandson of Abraham Louis Perrelet.
Apprenticeship in Switzerland.
Established in Paris.
Worked for Abraham Louis Breguet.
Construction of chronometers and astronomic clocks.

1828
Improvement of the chronograph: patent for a system that was a forerunner to the split second hand.

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