HISTORY
AS IF FATHER TIME HAD ANOINTED ONE MAN
TO MAKE THE HOURS PASS BEAUTIFULLY.
At the early age of 21, Louis Moinet was irresistibly drawn to Italy and everything he could learn there as an artist. He relocated to Rome
and lived there for several years, studying architecture, sculpting, and painting, all the while thinking of ways to apply his studies to his
love of horology. While there, he was introduced to members of the French Academy, a collection of some of the most celebrated artists of
the time. From here, Moinet went on to Florence to continue his studies.
After Florence, Moinet returned to Paris to accept an appointment as a Professor of Fine Arts at the Louvre. He also continued his
theoretical and practical studies of horology, the art that was his primary passion. He reconnected with the master watchmaker that was his
mentor and, in less than a decade, the master would find himself to be the student of Louis Moinet, now a master watchmaker in his own right.
Napoleon is presented a Louis Moinet masterpiece.
Moinet moves from France to Rome to study painting, architecture, and fine arts.
Appointed professor of
fine art at the Louvre and begins studies in watchmaking.
Appointed president of the Société Chronométrique de Paris.
Thomas Jefferson acquires a Louis Moinet clock, now part of the Monticello collection.
Becomes personal advisor to master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet.
James Monroe acquires the Louis Moinet Minerva clock for the White House.
King George IV acquires a Louis Moinet clock for his personal collection.
Publishes the Traité
d´Horlogerie, a groundbreaking two-volume treatise on watchmaking.
Louis Moinet masterpieces displayed in London's World Exhibition.
