The Watchmaking Treatise

1848 : LOUIS MOINET PUBLISHES HIS WATCHMAKING TREATISE

“What counts is not departing from that which is true”

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“First published in 1848, this is one of the greatest horological works of the century”

— Chamberlain

“If everything were mathematical and demonstrated, there would no longer be any art involved; it would instead be an exact science. If everything were practical, it would be an industrial profession.”

“This book is the most comprehensive, the best written and the most indispensable of all books that have been written on watchmaking.”

— Panthéon Biographique Universel, 1853