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2023-11-06
The world's first automatic mechanical watch, also known as a self-winding watch, was invented by Swiss watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet. Perrelet is credited with inventing the first known self-winding wristwatch in the late 18th century. His invention laid the foundation for the development of modern automatic watches, which rely on the movement of the wearer's arm to wind the mainspring and power the watch.
Perrelet was born in a peasant family in 1729. At that time, watchmaking was not common in Switzerland, and most people only made small parts and gadgets. Perrelet's father also did this kind of work during his spare time in the winter. With his eyes and ears stained, little Bertele gradually grasped the secrets and was unwilling to die in the countryside. After the age of 20, I studied under a teacher, but unfortunately, I met only mediocre people. I had to hold back tears and left after 15 days.
Around 1770, his personal studio experimental research center had a revolutionary research goal: how to solve the problem of watches stopping once and for all; what should I do if the watch stops running if I forget to wind it? Perrelet used his ingenuity and superb skills, using the movement of his elbow as kinetic energy, to invent the central automatic disk in 1777, invented the world's first automatic watch, and solved the problem of the century; his personal studio actually became The experimental research center of the Swiss watchmaking industry. After more than two hundred years, to this day, all automatic watches in the world still follow the automatic mechanism invented by Perret without exception.
In the era of the Industrial Revolution, every bit of manual operation was tried to be improved. Perpetual motion became people's greatest dream until theory and practice proved unfeasible. But the automatic watch invented by Mr. Perrelet can actually be regarded as an indirect perpetual motion machine. This invention in 1777 inspired the creation of future generations. From Breguet to Rolex, it coincides that automatic watches use the name of perpetual motion machines: Perpetual.
Perrelet's automatic watch concept came to the world again in 1995. The automatic rotor of the Perrelet watch is also truly special. It moves back and forth, has a greater mass, and generates greater centrifugal force. Won the title of "Best Movement of the Year". Perrelet's award is well deserved.
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