Encyclopaedia

A compilation of references, information and expertise. Discover key dates, legendary timepieces, a glossary of watchmaking terms, museums, and the watchmakers who helped shape the history of time measurement.

Watches

Legendary watches

Navitimer

Breitling - 1952

Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain - 1953

Extra plate

Vacheron Constantin - 1960

Speedmaster

Omega - 1957

Royal Oak

Audemars Piguet - 1972

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Complication watches

From the alarm watch to the perpetual calendar, the world of complication watches.

Precious watches

The history of the jewellery watch, from the 16th century to today.

Mechanical watches

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Quartz Watches

History: from the electric watch to quartz

Emblematic Models

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History of watchmaking

History

1844

History: Adolphe Nicole, a Swiss watchmaker working in London, filed a patent for a system that returned the chronograph hand to zero. He filed the patent again, this time in Paris, in 1862. From the...

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Famous watchmakers

Robert Robin

French clockmaker.Clockmaker to Louis XV, Louis XVI, the Queen and, in 1795, the Republic. One of the first French clockmakers to use the anchor escapement.

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