Ensemble de montres rondes

OA8559 : Robin, Paris, 2nd quart du 18e. OA8567 : Lefebvre, Paris, 1777-1778. OA8381 : Lefebvre, Paris, 1786-1787. OA8564 : R.L.Cresp, Paris, Amsterdam (cadran), 4e quart du 18. OA8384 : Berthoud, Paris, 1789-1790. OA8550 : Lépine, Paris, 3e tiers du 18e. Ancienne collection Jules-René Olivier

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Jean-Antoine Lepine

Born:

18th Nov, 1720

Dead:

31st May, 1814

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Jean-Antoine Lépine (L’Pine, LePine, Lepine, L’Epine), born as Jean-Antoine Depigny, was an influential watchmaker. He contributed inventions which are still used in watchmaking today and was amongst the finest French watchmakers, who were contemporary world leaders in the field. Read more...

Author:

Robert Robin

Born:

1742

Dead:

1799

Country:

France

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Robert Robin est un horloger français né en 1742 et mort en 1799. Il fut l'horloger du Roi Louis XVI. Il inventa en 1793 un échappement mixte ancre-détente, qui combinait les avantages de l’échappement à détente (hauts rendements) à ceux de l’échappement à ancre (meilleure sécurité de fonctionnement). Il fut l'un des premiers à utiliser en France l'échappement à ancre pour les montres, et conçut de nombreux régulateurs de très grande qualité. Il fabriqua en 1785 l'horloge de Marie-Antoinette… Read more...

Author:

Louis-François Lefebvre

Born:

1747

Author:

Ferdinand Berthoud

Born:

18th Mar, 1727

Dead:

20th Jun, 1807

Country:

Suisse

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Ferdinand Berthoud, born on March 18, 1727 in Plancemont-sur-Couvet (Canton of Neuchâtel), died in Groslay (Val d’Oise) on June 20, 1807, and was a French scientist and watchmaker. He became master watchmaker in Paris in 1753. Berthoud, who held the position of Horologist-Mechanic by appointment to the King and the Navy, left behind him an exceptionally broad body of work, in particular in the field of sea chronometers. Read more...

Author:

R. L. Creps