Launching at Geneva Watch Days: The Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE
Five years after the launch of its Chronomètre FB 1, Chopard-owned Ferdinand Berthoud celebrates the 250th anniversary of its namesake receiving the prestigious title of “Watchmaker-Mechanic,” with the launch of a new timepiece inspired by Marine Clocks at the upcoming and much-anticipated Geneva Watch Days event later this month in Switzerland.
Ferdinand Berthoud Marine Clock No. 6.
Ferdinand Berthoud, a Swiss watchmaker and clockmaker, was born in 1727 in Val-de-Travers in the Canton of Neuchâtel. He emigrated to Paris in 1745, where he began to practice his craft and further develop his love for clocks. Along with being a master horologist and movement maker, Berthoud worked in many fields ? he was a scientist and an author whose articles have appeared in the Encyclopédie ? but none of these professions measured up to his true love: development of marine chronometer clocks.
Ferdinand Berthoud’s sketch of the movement inside the Marine Clock No. 6.
On April 1, 1770, Ferdinand Berthoud received the title of “Watchmaker-Mechanic” from French King Louis XVI and the French Navy, after which he assumed responsibility for overseeing the construction of sea clocks with an annual budget of 3,000 pounds (roughly $3,908). Berthoud received a Royal Commission for 20 instruments, which were taken onboard ships to accompany several exploration and mapmaking expeditions before the closing decades of the 18th century.
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