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Breguet|brəgeɪ|
Also erron. Bréguet.
The name of Abraham Louis Breguet, French watchmaker of Swiss origin (1747–1823), used attrib. in Breguet (hair)spring, the overcoil balance spring of a watch.
1881F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 63 Breguet springs are now often used for pocket chronometers instead of the helical form. 1908Sears Roebuck Catal. 259/1 This movement..has 21 fine ruby jewels in gold settings, cut expansion balance, Breguet hairspring, [etc.]. 1929G. H. Baillie Watches vii. 168 Properly, a Breguet spring should have no regulating curb pins, because the curve of the overcoil is correct only when it is of one definite length, and any movement of the curb pins alters its length and partially destroys its effect. 1952Flood & West Dict. Sci. & Techn. Words (1953) 42/1 Bréguet spring, special form of hair-spring..in a watch. |