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Charles Antoine LeCoultre
Swiss watchmaker and co-founder of Jaeger-LeCoultre
Charles-Antoine LeCoultre was born on 16 April 1803, the son of a Huguenot family who came to the Vallée de Joux in the middle of the 16th century. From his father he learned the craft of the cutler, in whose workshop one also focused on the refining of steel for watches.
LeCoultre learned the craft of watchmaking self-taught. 1833, together with his brother François Ulysse LeCoultre he became self-employed and founded the watch factory LeCoultre & Co in Le Sentier in the Vallée de Joux, which later …
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![[[:Oscillating system]] of a mechanical watch (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=a94d35&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FSchwingsystem.jpg "[[:Oscillating system]] of a mechanical watch (click to enlarge!)")
Oscillating system of a mechanical watch
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![[[:Gerd-Rüdiger Lang]], founder of [[:Chronoswiss]] (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=7ac690&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FLang_Gerd-R%C3%BCdiger.jpg "[[:Gerd-Rüdiger Lang]], founder of [[:Chronoswiss]] (click to enlarge!)")
Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, founder of Chronoswiss
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![[[:Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo"]] with case in [[:red gold]]/[[:ceramic]] (click to enlarge!)](/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=acd4eb&media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhren-wiki.com%2Fimages%2FHublot_Big_Bang_King_Porto_Cervo.jpg "[[:Hublot Big Bang King \"Porto Cervo\"]] with case in [[:red gold]]/[[:ceramic]] (click to enlarge!)")
Hublot Big Bang King "Porto Cervo" with case in red gold/ceramic
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