Adrien Philippe
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Date of birth | April 16,1815 |
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Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | La Bazoche-Gouet |
France | |
Date of died | January 5,1894 |
Died | Plainpalais |
Switzerland | |
Parents | Marie-Jeanne Frenel |
Antoine Philippe | |
Founded | Patek Philippe SA |
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ID | 997433 |
About Adrien Philippe
Jean Adrien Philippe was a French horologist and cofounder of watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. of Geneva, Switzerland. In 1842, Adrien Philippe invented a mechanism for watches which allowed them to be wound and set by means of a crown rather than a key.