Watchmaker / astronomer
Louis Moinet
Built the 'compteur de tierces' (1816), an early chronograph counting sixtieths of a second.
Louis Moinet, a painter and teacher of fine arts as well as a horologist, was a friend and collaborator of Breguet. His compteur de tierces of 1816, made for astronomical observation, measured to 1/60 second. He published the Traité d'horlogerie (1848).
- Country
- France (born Bourges)
- City / centre
- Paris
- Life / active
- 1768–1853
- Status
- Historical individual
- Key people
- Louis Moinet
Innovations & specialities
- Compteur de tierces (1816)
- Traité d'horlogerie (1848)
