CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES: INNOVATION OF A QUEEN

The art of Chronograph watch making was enhanced in 1783 when Queen Marie-Antoinette of France ordered A.L.  Brequet of Paris to make a superior watch with all known complications. On October 16th, 1793, Queen Marie-Antoinette of France was led to the guillotine; she would never see the Berquet watch completed.  The Queen owned many of…