Breguet (brand)
46°38′57″N 6°19′02″E / 46.64912°N 6.31735°E
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Luxury watchmaking |
| Founded | 1775 |
| Founder | Abraham-Louis Breguet |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nicolas G. Hayek |
| Products | Tourbillon, watches, clocks, jewelry |
| Parent | The Swatch Group |
| Website | breguet |
Breguet (French pronunciation: [bʁeɡɛ]) is a Swiss luxury watch, clock and jewelry manufacturer founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Headquartered in L'Abbaye, Switzerland, Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watchmaking brands and a pioneer of numerous watchmaking technologies such as the tourbillon, which was developed into a practical solution by Abraham Breguet in 1801. Abraham Breguet also invented and produced the world's first self-winding watch (the Perpétuelle) in 1780, as well as the world's first wristwatch in 1810 (the Breguet No.2639, for Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples).
Since 1999, it has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Swatch Group.