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Breguet was founded in 1775 by [[Abraham-Louis Breguet]], a Swiss watchmaker born to [[Huguenot]] parents in [[Neuchâtel]]. He studied watchmaking for ten years under [[Ferdinand Berthoud]] and [[Jean-Antoine Lépine]] before setting up his own watchmaking business at 51 Quai de l'Horloge on the [[Île de la Cité]] in Paris. The dowry that came with his marriage to the daughter of a prosperous French [[bourgeois]] provided the backing which allowed him to open his own workshop.
Breguet's connections made during his apprenticeship as a watchmaker and as a student of mathematics helped him to establish his business. Following his introduction to the court, Queen [[Marie Antoinette]] grew fascinated by Breguet's unique [[automatic watch|self-winding watch]]; [[Louis XVI]] bought several of his watches. In 1783 the Swedish count [[Axel von Fersen the Younger|Axel Von Fersen]], who was the queen's friend and reputed lover, commissioned a watch from Breguet that was to contain every watch [[Complication (horology)|complication]] known at that time as a gift to [[Marie Antoinette]]. The result is a Breguet's masterpiece, the ''[[Marie Antoinette (watch)|Marie-Antoinette pocket watch]]'' (Breguet No.160).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
The business was a success, and around 1807 Abraham-Louis Breguet took on his son Louis-Antoine as his partner, renaming the firm "Breguet et Fils" (Breguet and Sons). Louis-Antoine took over the firm upon the death of his father in 1823. After Louis-Antoine retired in 1833 (he died in 1858) the business was passed to Abraham-Louis' grandson [[Louis-François-Clement Breguet|Louis Clément Francois]] (1804–1883).
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