Watch Gang - Abraham-Louis Breguet was such an innovative watchmaker that Marie-Antoinette commissioned a watch that took him almost 20 years to complete. Called a 'poem in clockwork,' it was his masterpiece
![ABRAHAM LOUIS BREGUET | A GOLD OPEN-FACED QUARTER REPEATING WATCH, CIRCA 1815 NO. 2466 | Royal and Noble | 2019 | Sotheby's ABRAHAM LOUIS BREGUET | A GOLD OPEN-FACED QUARTER REPEATING WATCH, CIRCA 1815 NO. 2466 | Royal and Noble | 2019 | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d7361c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1322+0+0/resize/2048x1354!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F30%2F9c%2F2f77a27a49b8bc2dfbf045882769%2F334l20306-99kvh-3-merged.jpg)
ABRAHAM LOUIS BREGUET | A GOLD OPEN-FACED QUARTER REPEATING WATCH, CIRCA 1815 NO. 2466 | Royal and Noble | 2019 | Sotheby's
Auctions: Sotheby's Presents The Online 'Masterworks of Time: Abraham Louis Breguet, Horologist Extraordinaire' Auction - Hodinkee
![Ancien portrait gravé d'Abraham Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823), l'horloger suisse. Par auteur non identifié, publ. sur Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1847 Photo Stock - Alamy Ancien portrait gravé d'Abraham Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823), l'horloger suisse. Par auteur non identifié, publ. sur Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1847 Photo Stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/kh0h6a/ancien-portrait-grave-d-abraham-louis-breguet-1747-1823-l-horloger-suisse-par-auteur-non-identifie-publ-sur-magasin-pittoresque-paris-1847-kh0h6a.jpg)
Ancien portrait gravé d'Abraham Louis Breguet (1747 - 1823), l'horloger suisse. Par auteur non identifié, publ. sur Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1847 Photo Stock - Alamy
![Abraham-Louis Breguet Souscription Pocket Watch No. 1836, dated 1807: Touched (Perhaps) By The Hand Of The Horological God – I'm Jaded No Longer - Quill & Pad Abraham-Louis Breguet Souscription Pocket Watch No. 1836, dated 1807: Touched (Perhaps) By The Hand Of The Horological God – I'm Jaded No Longer - Quill & Pad](https://quillandpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BREGUET_No_1836_03.jpg)