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Abraham-Louis Perrelet (1729-1826)
Swiss watchmaker and inventor of the automatic winding for pocket watches
He was born on January 9, 1729 in Le Locle during a long, unusually severe winter. His father, Daniel Perrelet, was a farmer and carpenter. During the interminable winter months Daniel Perrelet made tools, some of which, especially fine worked out, were determined for watchmakers. So it was not surprising that Abraham-Louis since his youth was busy with the making of tools. His career wish seemed clear from the start He wanted to become a watchmaker.
About 170 years later, 1995, the company Perrelet SA named after Abraham-Louis Perrelet, presented an automatic watch with double rotor the Perrelet Dipteros …
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