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Old 16 March 2010, 08:10 AM   #36
watchteacher
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Originally Posted by SteelerFan1965 View Post
By the way in addition to inventing the Tourbillon- Among his inventions are the chronograph, the self winding movement and the perpetual calendar. Again-Founded in 1775 -it remains the oldest watch company that I know of! Also--I mentioned th spring that many watches use--looking at your post above--other companies like Roger Dubuis use Breguet numerals on their dials. All in all--great company!! So many nice watches to choose from--too bad you could not have one example from every top house!!!
Vacheron Constantin has been in business since 1755, and I believe they have operated continuously since then.
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