Adrien Philippe

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Jean Adrien Philippe (1815-1994)

Jean Adrien Philippe (* 1815 in La Bazoche-Gouet , † January 5, 1894 in Plainpalais ) was a French watchmaker and inventor .

Life and inventions

Philippe, who was born in France as the son of a watchmaker, completed his training with his father. From 1836 he worked in Le Locle and in London . In 1842 he invented the Remontoir watch , the first pocket watch with a crown winding . In connection with this, between 1840 and 1860 he solved the problem of setting the hands from the winding crown and thus enabled the development of practical wristwatches . In 1844 he received a gold medal for this invention at the Paris World Exhibition , in 1845 he had it patented. In 1851 he married Marie Anne Bailly from France. The marriage had five children. In 1863 he published his work Les montres sans clef in Geneva and Paris . Another revolutionary invention by Philip was a perpetual calendar mechanism that no longer had to be manually corrected. This mechanism was patented in 1889.

company

The invention of the Remontoir watch brought Philippe into contact with Antoine de Patek , the owner of the Patek company, Czapek & Co. Patek made him a partner; from 1851 Philippes surname was part of the company name Patek Philippe . After Patek's death in 1877, Philippe ran the company alone. In 1891 his son Joseph-Emile took over the management.

Web links

Commons : Adrien Philippe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Jean de Senarclens: Philippe, Jean Adrien. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Famous watchmakers in history: Jean Adrien Philippe. Retrieved December 4, 2012 .
  2. ^ Helmut Kahlert , Richard Mühe , Gisbert L. Brunner : Wristwatches: 100 years of development history. Callwey, Munich 1983; 5th edition ibid 1996, ISBN 3-7667-1241-1 , pp. 12 and 485.
  3. ^ Jean-Adrien Philippe. In: WorldTempus. Swiss Watch Authority.
personal data
SURNAME Philippe, Adrien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philippe, Jean-Adrien; Philippe, Jean Adrien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Inventor of the remontoir clock
DATE OF BIRTH 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH La Bazoche-Gouet
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1894
Place of death Plain Palace