Ferdinand Berthoud
Ferdinand Berthoud
Marine Chronometry Reinterpreted for Contemporary Haute Horlogerie
Ferdinand Berthoud was born in 1727 in the Val-de-Travers region of Switzerland and moved to Paris as a young watchmaker. He became a master watchmaker in 1753 and devoted major parts of his career to precision timekeeping, scientific horology and the development of marine clocks used to determine longitude at sea.
After successful sea trials of his marine clocks, Berthoud was appointed Watchmaker-Mechanic to the King and to the French Navy in 1770. His instruments, research and published treatises made him a major figure in the history of marine chronometry and precision watchmaking.
Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud was revived in Switzerland in 2015 under the initiative of Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Its first wristwatch, the Chronomètre FB 1, translated marine-chronometer ideas into a contemporary movement with tourbillon, fusee-and-chain transmission and pillar construction, earning the GPHG Aiguille d'Or in 2016.
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