HISTORY
AS IF FATHER TIME HAD ANOINTED ONE MAN
TO MAKE THE HOURS PASS BEAUTIFULLY.
Even from the very beginning of his life, Louis Moinet had an appointment with time. Although he was born into a well-to-do farming family
in Bourges, France in 1768, he quickly realized that his passions and ambitions would not be realized in farming, but in the classroom. A
bright and diligent student, Louis Moinet distinguished himself from others with his aptitude for classical studies and earned many honors
and awards during academic competitions.
When a young Louis Moinet was introduced to the world of horology, the art and science of creating timepieces, he knew this was where his
passions would be realized and he spent all of his free time by the side of a master watchmaker. He was also drawn to the world of art and
spent many hours being tutored by an Italian painter. It would not be long before Louis Moinet fused his knowledge of art and horology to
develop some of the most magnificent timepieces the world has ever seen.
Napoleon is presented a Louis Moinet masterpiece.
Moinet moves from France to Rome to study painting, architecture, and fine arts.
Appointed professor of
fine art at the Louvre and begins studies in watchmaking.
Appointed president of the Société Chronométrique de Paris.
Thomas Jefferson acquires a Louis Moinet clock, now part of the Monticello collection.
Becomes personal advisor to master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet.
James Monroe acquires the Louis Moinet Minerva clock for the White House.
King George IV acquires a Louis Moinet clock for his personal collection.
Publishes the Traité
d´Horlogerie, a groundbreaking two-volume treatise on watchmaking.
Louis Moinet masterpieces displayed in London's World Exhibition.
