Marie Antoinette (watch)

The Breguet No. 160 "The Grand Complication," more commonly known as the Marie-Antoinette or the Queen, is a case watch designed by Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, and was his 160th watch. It has been called 'a poem in clockwork'. The watch is thought to have been commissioned in 1783 by Count Hans Axel von Fersen, an admirer and alleged lover of the French Queen, Marie Antoinette. Work on the watch was begun in 1782 and completed by Breguet's son in 1827, four years after Breguet's death. The watch is a central plot point in the novel by Allen Kurzweil.

Marie Antoinette (watch)

The Breguet No. 160 "The Grand Complication," more commonly known as the Marie-Antoinette or the Queen, is a case watch designed by Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, and was his 160th watch. It has been called 'a poem in clockwork'. The watch is thought to have been commissioned in 1783 by Count Hans Axel von Fersen, an admirer and alleged lover of the French Queen, Marie Antoinette. Work on the watch was begun in 1782 and completed by Breguet's son in 1827, four years after Breguet's death. The watch is a central plot point in the novel by Allen Kurzweil.