![]() ![]() Focusing his work on complicated movements (as in movement with complications), he quickly realise that those earning the most from his work are the company to which he sells his movement to.įriends since school with Piguet, they decide to open their own watch company in 1881 under the name of Audemars, Piguet & Cie. In 1875, Jules Louis Audemars is working independently of his work, in an attic of an old building, near his family home in Brassus. Piguet as in Edward Auguste Piguet, son and grandson of Swiss watchmakers, also born and raised in the craft by his family, was also an independent "repasseur". This was considered to be a skilled work and not everyone was able to do it, you had to have serious watchmaking skills to achieve this position. At around 23 years old, he's working as a "repasseur" in the town of Gimel, checking watches, regulating them and adjusting them before they are sent to the customer. ![]() The brand begins with Audemars, Jules Louis Audemars a Swiss national, working since his early days on watchmaking thanks to his father being in the same craft. ![]() Audemars Piguet is maybe the one brand that perfectly represents the history of Swiss watchmaking and is the oldest brand in activity still owned by the family of its creators.Įverything started with, once again, the association of two names to form what is commonly seen as one nowadays. ![]()
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