‘The Timepieces of Thomas Jefferson: A Founding Father's Fascination with Horology’

On September 1st, 2021, Charlie Dunne wrote with Eric Wind of Wind Vintage on Thomas Jefferson’s timepieces at Monticello.

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“President Jefferson was not only an admirer of haute horology, he was also a patron to highly-skilled watchmakers of the era. One of the most prominent timekeepers he commissioned outside of America was a Napoleon clock from renowned watchmaker Louis Moinet. He was among the high-profile individuals eligible to qualify as patron to the French watchmaker. Among those clients were Napoleon Bonaparte, King George IV, President James Monroe, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, King Joachim Murat of Naples, and Queen Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. Louis Moinet’s legacy in watchmaking is most notably distinguished by his invention of the chronograph and close relationship with Abraham-Louis Breguet.”