1775

Opening
of
Abraham-Louis
Breguet's
workshop
in
Paris

A.-L.
Breguet,
born
in
Neuchâtel
in
1747,
set
up
his
own
business
on
the
Quai
de
l'Horloge,
Île
de
la
Cité
in
Paris.
He
had
recently
married
and
moved
into
a
building
overlooking
Quai
de
l'Horloge
on
one
side
and
Place
Dauphine
on
the
other.
He
became
the
owner
at
the
end
of
the
Revolution
and
passed
it
on
to
his
heirs.

quai de l'horloge breguet